In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

NASA has released a set of extraordinary radar images showing an asteroid spinning so fast that it has forced scientists to rethink long-held assumptions about small bodies in space. The asteroid, ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...

NASA's $800 million OSIRIS-Rex mission brought home about a half-cup of crushed rocks and dirt from asteroid Bennu in 2023. Credit: NASA Goddard / University of Arizona illustration In one study, a ...

NASA is seriously considering using a nuclear explosion in space to prevent a potential asteroid collision with the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once thought to pose a risk to Earth, now has a ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 encounter with Apophis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...