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

Credit: Imperial Ice on ancient asteroids like Ryugu may have been crucial in kickstarting life on Earth. Researchers from Imperial and collaborators analyzed asteroid rocks and discovered fractures ...

It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Earth's "mini-moon" is here to stay for a couple of months.

2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a ...

India's first fully robotic telescope is the GROWTH-India Telescope, located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, ...

A comet, known as C/2023 A3, was visible over the weekend in the Mother Lode, and the viewing window across the West is ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...