Although NASA's Lucy spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

It was between 10 and 15 km in diameter, and large asteroids like it tend to remain stable in the asteroid belt. But the smaller ones in the ... news article about asteroids with tiny yet real chances ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed ...

The review yielded positive results, reflecting remarkable progress in the national team’s capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch ...

“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

Most asteroids that pose a risk to Earth come from the Asteroid belt in our solar system. “Most of them are between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, but some of them get their orbits ...

The real observations produced a less precise ... tend to remain stable in the main asteroid belt, smaller asteroids are more easily perturbed and can become part of the NEO population.

It was between 10 and 15 km in diameter, and large asteroids like it tend to remain stable in the asteroid belt. But the smaller ... asteroids with tiny yet real chances of striking Earth.