Asteroids

Ames crater under Oklahoma has been shown to be nearly 100 million years younger than thought, and is now dated at 370 million years old.

The findings also suggest that the material that gave birth to Bennu was representative of the average elemental content of the planet-forming disk that also formed Earth and the planets.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved naming an asteroid after musician and actor 'Weird' Al Yankovic.

New images reveal what astronomers believe is the first-known "trilobate" or three-headed asteroid in our solar system.

The dinosaurs may not have starved through a years-long winter. New evidence suggests a blanket of ultrafine impact dust set the planet on fire within hours.

Sophisticated high-contrast imaging has revealed asteroid 44 Nysa to have three lobes and a small moon.

Ninety percent of the world's population could glimpse asteroid Apophis during its once-in-a-millennium close approach to Earth in 2029.

Having already delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth, Hayabusa2 will soon attempt one of the closest, riskiest space-rock flybys in spaceflight history.

"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain."

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.