Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

NASA has confirmed that dust from the ancient asteroid Bennu contains tryptophan, an amino acid tied both to human mood and to the chemistry that makes life possible. The finding folds a familiar ...

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 percent ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An asteroid the size of two football fields end-to-end is ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Fossils from Denmark suggest ammonites survived the asteroid extinction far longer than believed, raising new questions about ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...