NASA has issued a startling alert about a “City Killer” asteroid that could hit the Moon by 2032. Experts warn it may disrupt ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While ...

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful ...

Asteroid impacts represent a formidable natural phenomenon with the capacity to alter Earth’s environment on both local and global scales.

Staff members from the Planetary Science Institute mug for the camera in front of a sign for a Tucson solar panel business in 1976. This team of literal solar system experts are, from left, Rick ...

A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for as much as $4 million, according to the auction house.

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Meteorites are what’s left when a comet, asteroid or a meteoroid survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere. Discovered in November 2023 in the remote Agadez region of Niger, NWA 16788 is a ...

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