The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Scientists have warned an asteroid the size of Buckingham Palace is increasingly likely to hit Earth in the next decade - but ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

Scientists are closely watching a recently discovered asteroid that is being called a potential "city-killer." NASA calculates there is a 1.6% chance it could hit the Earth in 2032. CBS News space ...

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, currently aboard the International Space Station, captured footage of a meteor burning up in ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Researches have determined that ejecta from an ancient asteroid. strike carved out the grand canyons (Vallis Schrödinger and ...