The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029. While new findings suggest a slim chance of collision, the odds remain ...

Although we can still see comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in our sky, astronomers are already preparing for another ...

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

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space—and with ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent ...

In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. This remarkable ...

NASA LANL NEWS RELEASEIn 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth ...

NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...

We usually think we have to smash particles together at close to the speed of light or observe remote corners of the universe ...