It’s the stuff of movies: an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and we have to do something to stop it—or die. Disturbingly this scenario is also the stuff of the actual universe.

Scientists studying Bennu samples have discovered that its chemistry is far from uniform. Organic compounds and minerals cluster into three distinct types of regions, each shaped differently by past ...

A view of eight sample trays containing the final material from asteroid Bennu. The dust and rocks were poured into the trays from the top plate of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism ...

An asteroid larger than three football fields is set to pass dangerously close to Earth — closer than some satellites. Scientists say the risk is low, but history tells a different story. Some ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has become one of the clearest demonstrations yet that a feared impact can disappear under better evidence. Its newly secured path lifts the last collision threat from 2032 and turns ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The space rock—known as "2026 FB4"— is about 29 feet across and is set to make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow at ...

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Odin was dying in the dark. The angular 265-pound spacecraft with solar panel wings, giving it the appearance of a cyberpunk angel, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 26, 2025. It ...

Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, will approach Earth within the next two days. On Wednesday, March 25, the asteroids, the size of a car, an airplane, and two more the size of buses, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is currently monitoring a car-sized asteroid set to zoom past the Earth on March 25 at a speed of around 12,168 ...

The asteroid will make a close approach to Earth just three days following its discovery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Life on Earth may have origins from far, far away. Scientists have found a full set of life-building molecules in a nearly pristine asteroid sample, and the discovery suggests that the necessary ...