The value of this asteroid has been estimated at up to 700 trillion dollars ... that are more accessible and require less ...

2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...

NASA issued an alert on the asteroid 2019 VU5, a near-Earth object, which is going to pass dangerously close to Earth today.

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

When it comes to space exploration, “I would think that this next [Trump] Administration is going to be a continuation of the ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

This week's special full moon will be the last supermoon to be seen for a year, followed by a bright cosmic meteor shower ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to six miles thick, which warms the underlying ...