NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA said it reached maximum data transmission rates of 267 megabits per second when Psyche was about 33 million miles away ...

One prominent voice challenging reports on Earth's "second moon" or "mini-moon" is the host of the recent iteration of ...

NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.

While we are fascinated (sometimes alarmed) by space rocks hurtling towards Earth, we often fail to distinguish between asteroids, meteoroids, and meteors. Here's a rundown of their differences.

Scientists found a previously hidden massive asteroid crater in the Atlantic Ocean. Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs?

The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will ...

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...

T he Psyche mission is on its way to study the metallic asteroid of the same name, and on its journey, continues to test the ...

Earth acquired a temporary mini moon, 2024 PT5, detected by astronomers. NASA will monitor its path, as it orbits for nearly two months before departing in late November, with a potential return in ...

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...