NASA has identified an asteroid roughly comparable in size to the Empire State Building, traveling through space at about ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter, was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted the gas giant's satellite on its axis, new research ...

According to CNEOS manager Paul Chodas, "potentially hazardous" doesn't mean an asteroid is going to collide directly with Earth.

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely ...

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(CNN) — Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have shifted on its axis when a massive asteroid smashed into it about 4 billion years ago, according to a new study. Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system ...

On April 29, an asteroid estimated to be between 1.1 and 2.5 miles wide will fly by Earth. But it's not expected to collide with our planet, thankfully. If it did, the asteroid is "large enough to ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

Summer is almost underway across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes the warmest weather and some of the most challenging stargazing conditions. June's short nights are the biggest factor for ...

LOS ANGELES - The largest asteroid to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on Sunday, providing astronomers a rare chance to see the giant rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system ...