YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

Asteroids are space rocks orbiting the sun that are considerably smaller than planets. Scientists believe they’re the ...

Indian scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory have discovered a massive exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, 78 times larger than Earth. This sub-Saturn planet orbits an F-type star and completes a ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien astronomers could also be scanning Earth.

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

Aliens could be lurking in hard-to-reach spots on other worlds, according to a new study. The research looked at the oceans ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.