Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Editor’s Note: The livestream event meant to show Asteroid 2020 XR making its pass by Earth has been canceled due to weather. (NEXSTAR) — A day after a small asteroid impacted Earth on Tuesday, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 XR taken on 24 Nov. 2024 ...

Astronomers have revealed new sources of meteorites within the solar system's asteroid belt, helping us understand where potentially hazardous asteroids might also originate. The researchers tracked ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.