Discovered in 1852, the asteroid 16 Psyche, composed largely of nickel and iron, is estimated to be worth $10,000 quadrillion ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

A colossal asteroid is set to approach the Earth's atmosphere today and NASA has described it as "potentially hazardous." The ...

from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 13, 2023, and it is due to arrive at the asteroid in summer 2029. The $10 quintillion figure is based on the value of the asteroid's ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

NASA will probe a unique asteroid that could hypothetically turn everyone on Earth into a multimillionaire due to its staggering value of £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 ($10 quintillion). The eye ...

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 ...

SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

NASA says a bus-sized asteroid is about to make a close approach, coming within 148,000 miles of Earth. According to the space agency, the asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

NASA has unveiled its strategy to counter potential asteroid threats in its National Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). The plan outlines approaches to defend ...

which suggest its chemical composition matches well with lunar material brought to Earth by the Russian Luna missions and NASA's Apollo moon missions. The "mini-moon" asteroid originates from the ...