Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...

Asteroids in the yellow zone can be big enough ... “All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at the time. “After all, it’s the ...

At last week’s annual address to the Real Estate Council of Austin, Mayor Kirk Watson stressed a number of “budget asteroids” the city could face as a result of upcoming state and federal policy ...

Asteroids in the yellow zone can be big enough to create substantial ... “All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at the time. “After all, it’s ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...

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