A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis – named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire – is expected to safely pass close to Earth on April 13,

NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 FV6, a 91-foot airplane-sized space rock set to make a safe close approach to Earth on April 13, 2026, with no threat. NASA is continuously tracking this asteroid.

The fireball that crossed the skies on the East Coast on Tuesday afternoon was caused by a meteor, NASA says.

The fireball was first spotted over the Atlantic Ocean before heading southwest at 30,000 miles per hour.

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest scales.

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a spacecraft into the smaller member of the binary asteroid system Didymos,