The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder ...

Meet NASA’s NEO Surveyor, the space telescope identifying hazardous asteroids and comets within 48 million kilometres of ...

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but ...

NASA has announced that asteroid 2024 TY21, measuring approximately 40 feet wide, will pass Earth safely today at a distance ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

The Ramses mission would rendezvous with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its 2029 close approach to Earth.

Asteroid 2024 RV50, measuring 710 feet, will make a close approach to Earth on October 18, 2024, passing at a distance of ...