A mystery object tearing towards Earth at break-neck speed has raised fears that aliens are on their way here.

Psyche’s twin cameras recorded long-exposure images of Earth and the Moon. From 180 million miles away, both appeared as faint dots.

Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday, with the project seen as crucial to ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, opening the way for mammals and eventually humans to dominate the planet. But what if that ...

People in Japan witnessed a rare sight on Tuesday night as the sky got lit up by a fireball.The astonishing sight was captured by live cameras installed at locations across parts of Kyushu ...

The photographs were taken during scheduled checkouts of the spacecraft’s science instruments, crucial for calibrating its ...

Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of ...

Moon rock collected on the last Apollo mission is revealing more about one of the Moon’s most unusual structures, the Light ...

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.

Now that its ancient journey is over, the rock begins a new chapter on Earth. Officially named the McDonough Meteorite, it is ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 1997 QK1, a massive rock roughly 990 feet wide, will make its closest approach to Earth on ...