One photographer put the age of starlight into perspective with stunning projections on some of Earth's oldest rock ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

Astronomers have significantly increased the odds of a giant asteroid hitting the earth by 2032. The giant asteroid, ...

NASA is getting excited about a special rock that its Perseverance rover has just scooped up from the surface of Mars.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...