NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft's archives to celebrate the late space telescope's long and ...

Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with ...

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

Asteroids colliding with neutron stars could account for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts by releasing ...

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," ...

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec ...

The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under ...

Water is crucial for life, and while some of it likely originated from the gas and dust from which Earth formed, much would ...

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

Comet 67P's water has the same molecular signature as Earth's oceans, suggesting it may have contributed to Earth's water ...

The object, discovered in 2021 and given the temporary name 2021 L4, orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid ...

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects—some of which could strike the ...