"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Nubeo’s limited edition Atari Asteroids watch respects the manic nature of high-stakes arcade gaming.

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like the recently ... for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years, the space ...

Nasa will continue to track asteroids that could fall into Earth's path - five of which will make close calls today and tomorrow. The 11ft 2025 DN6 asteroid, that Nasa describes as "car-sized", is ...

Sue Nelson explores how asteroids can inform our understanding of the Earth's past – or threaten our future. Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space ...

Alpha Centauri asteroids may be scattered in the Oort Cloud Some interstellar rocks could travel into the inner solar system ...

This journey ... Feb. 14, 2025 — Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also ...

(Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Binzel, who developed the Torino scale for measuring the impact hazards for objects like asteroids and comets, added that scientists know that ...

When it comes to both asteroids and earthquakes, that devastation tends to be less than might be feared. The scale gives specific information about who exactly should be worried about an asteroid.