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There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

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Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

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NASA's Lucy mission captured the highest resolution image yet of Donaldjohanson, the uniquely shaped asteroid.

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A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Astronomers have called for help to identify a mystery object that may have hit Saturn on Saturday in what could be the first ...