CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

The asteroid was first spotted on August 7 ... space rocks could teach us more about the materials present on both the surface and beneath the moon. So far, 2024 PT5 is only the second object of ...

The potential for damage arises because of the incredibly high speed (about 17 kilometers per second, or 38,028 miles per hour) at which the asteroid would enter the atmosphere.” Spotting an ...

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to ... as well as for interplanetary or cis-lunar operations near the moon. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

Scientists think that 2024 PT5 could be part of a hidden population of lunar asteroids: parts of the Moon that have been ejected into space over millions of years by asteroid or comet impacts.

(AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Stunning conjunction of Venus, crescent moon will be visible Saturday NASA ...

"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for ... which will send Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lander toward the moon. Odin will separate shortly after ...

It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu's precious black grains ...

The asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day — passing within roughly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) of Earth, about twice the distance of the moon. It was discovered two days later.