Public pronouncements by Chinese officials on future space missions typically come true, but China is embarking on ...

The asteroid, named 2024 RW1, was only about 3 feet across and was detected mere hours before it burned up in our atmosphere.

NASA says a small, harmless asteroid has burned up in Earth’s atmosphere NEW YORK -- A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth's atmosphere the same day, NASA said.

NASA has issued an alert about a 720-foot asteroid named 2024 ON, which is approaching Earth at 25,000 miles per hour. The asteroid, expected to make its closest approach on September 15 ...

A recent study has disclosed initial findings from the samples collected during a billion-dollar NASA mission to Bennu, ...

While this 3-foot-wide asteroid wasn’t a threat, other asteroids have been discovered that have left Earthlings shaking in their boots for a lot longer.

NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission involves the Perseverance rover delivering tubes of rock samples to a robotic lander equipped with a rocket to bring back to Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech ...

This is just the ninth asteroid spotted before impact, the ESA wrote in a post on X. “The object is harmless, but people in the area may see a spectacular fireball!,” ESA said. NASA also noted ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has started off on its most ambitious ascent yet — up the rim of Jezero Crater.

NASA has issued an alert about a 720-foot asteroid named 2024 ON, which is approaching Earth at 25,000 miles per hour. The asteroi... Read More NASA has issued an alert about a 720-foot asteroid ...

A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth's atmosphere the same day, NASA said. The asteroid — about 3 feet (1 meter) across — was spotted by astronomers in ...