Another meteor was spotted streaking across the sky above parts of the eastern United States for over 100 miles, leading multiple cities and states to see the fireball on April 7. The meteor passed ...

When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in "The Empire Strikes Back," and we often hear how they are remnants from the birth ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The space rock—known as "2026 FB4"— is about 29 feet across and is set ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small asteroid about the size of a car flew close to Earth overnight Tuesday, giving scientists another chance to study objects ...

NASA and other space agencies track thousands of near-Earth objects like this one. There are more than 41,000 known near-Earth asteroids that come relatively close to Earth’s orbit, and scientists are ...

From "The Expanse" to "For All Mankind," asteroid mining is often portrayed in science fiction as a pillar of the future space economy or the next gold rush. With these fictional influences in mind, ...

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A possible meteorite crashed into a Houston area house on Saturday night, tearing through the roof and two stories of the home, officials said. Ponderosa Fire Chief Fred Windisch told CBS News that ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ...

Asteroid 7 Iris is drifting through Sextans, passing close to a close pair of stars that provides an anchor for those looking to watch the space rock’s movement across the sky. Step outside early this ...

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of the headlines omitted a key word needed to put the discovery in context: ...

It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth asteroid, throw a large bag around it, and bring the body back to a “safe” ...