Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

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When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but much of the media coverage about the potential for impact created real fear that's difficult to undo, says Carson Fuls, director of Catalina ...

The director’s most recent film, “The Phoenician Scheme.” very explicitly affirms faith. This is all the more surprising ...

"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...

A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...