While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth if it ever hit the planet.

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...

Even today, asteroids collide to create debris fields within these asteroid families, called clusters. “We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated from ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

Even today, asteroids collide to create debris fields within these asteroid families, called clusters. "We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

Even today, asteroids collide to create debris fields within these asteroid families, called clusters. "We now see that 12 of the iron-rich ordinary chondrite meteorites (H chondrites) originated ...

The rest are mostly S-type or silicaceous – a mix of metal and silicate crystals – or metallic or M-type asteroids, which contain predominantly iron and nickel. One asteroid scientists are ...