The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

Asteroids have struck Earth occasionally over its long history, often with cataclysmic results. An asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide hit off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

Amid the sweeping Saharan sand, set within an ancient land, arose the god Osiris’ tent celebrating the 110th Grand Ball. The lights were raised to reveal the throne of the Palace of the Sun ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

(Satellite view of Searles Lake captured on August 15, 2024. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by ...

The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with threatening space rocks that, at any moment, could be discovered on a treacherous collision course with Earth. Just ask the dinosaurs.