asteroid or a meteoroid survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere. Discovered in November 2023 in the remote Agadez region of Niger, NWA 16788 is a “monumental specimen” that is around 70% ...

NASA announced on Wednesday (July 23) that the space rock is likely to pass close to our planet on Monday (July 28).

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for ...

NASA is monitoring a giant space rock that is set to zoom past Earth next week – and it's bigger than the Leaning Tower of ...

The asteroid samples will be handled inside nitrogen-purging gloveboxes by staff in head-to-toe clean-room suits. NASA plans a splashy public reveal of Bennu’s riches on Oct. 11.

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

Everything you need to know about the Perseids meteor shower in 2025, from when it's taking place to how to watch it.