The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...

Until now, only 6% of meteorites had a known source, but now we can trace the origin of more than 70% of these rocks.

NASA has created a contingency plan to protect Earth from large asteroids, which includes the use of nuclear explosions as a ...

The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space—and with ...

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

A new opportunity for the future of space exploration and industry has emerged: asteroid mining. While astronomers recently ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.

2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a ...

There aren’t as many potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near Earth as previously thought, according to a new study.