A “killer asteroid,” large enough to decimate Baltimore and ... Nor am I worried about the one expected to fly by on April 13 ...

Find out what they are and discover the most popular mattress size with Which? members. All these mattress size options should make it easier to buy a mattress that's just right for you, but it also ...

Named after Apep, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, Apophis is a 1,100-foot-long (340 meters), peanut-shaped asteroid.

The company is in a race against time to become the first to mine an asteroid for platinum and sell it on Earth for a whole lot of money, cashing in on the rapid commercialization of space.

But it wasn’t a shooting star. It was a dishwasher-size capsule filled with bits of ancient asteroid—priceless matter from the dawn of the solar system. In other words, it was a treasure chest ...

The researchers analyzed 17 Ryugu particles, ranging in size from 1 to ~8 mm. They were mostly interested in uncovering a more detailed understanding of the asteroid's history. They wanted to find ...

NASA estimates that an asteroid capable of causing significant damage (about 50 to 100 meters in size) strikes Earth roughly every 1,000 years1. Larger asteroids, which could cause widespread ...

Stomach-churning social media footage from Russia captures a geyser the size of a tower block lasting for several revolting minutes. The foul fountain rained down in the Novaya Moskva district of ...

Credit: Kochi/JAXA New research based on samples from asteroid Ryugu reveals that phosphorus-rich compounds could explain how Earth became habitable. These findings emphasize the importance of ...

The craft is about twice the size of Odin and is designed to return to the targeted metallic asteroid and dock with it by using magnets, as it is expected the asteroid will be rich in iron.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is buzzing with excitement as it tracks a 500-foot asteroid, set to make a close pass by Earth on 28 October 2024. While its size may raise eyebrows, experts have ...

"There may still be water out there to be found." On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived flows of saltwater ...