Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding the origins of most meteorites that fall to Earth. A team of ...

Meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from space – have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

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A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers ...

NASA has issued an alert that an asteroid, TP17, is scheduled to skirt by Earth today at a distance of 2.8 million miles.

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The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

A rare comet is still glowing over Ohio. Here's how to see it before it's gone, and won't return for 80,000 years.

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

Scientists traced 70% of meteorites to three asteroid families. This discovery solves a mystery about meteorite origins.

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...