At the end of September, Earth gained a temporary "mini moon," a tiny asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt orbiting the Sun ...

It has been just over a year since Nasa sent a spacecraft after a $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 asteroid. That’s 10 quintillion ...

NASA has sent a rocket to observe an asteroid called Psyche that is thought to be rich in iron, nickel and other rare ...

A young man who headed a magic mushroom syndicate inside a western Sydney rental made a string of bizarre comments to police, ...

The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VK3, will pass Earth at a distance of about 273,000 miles, just further than the moon's 238,900-mile ...

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Scientists believe Ryugu formed on the outskirts of the early solar system before migrating in toward the asteroid belt, eventually settling into an orbit between Earth and Mars. The team analyzed ...

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Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...

As award season heats up, here are a dozen movies that could take the big prize — and how they might do it. By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Awards ...