Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

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

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our understanding of this mysterious celestial object. Computer simulations suggest ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease ...

NASA is preparing to monitor several asteroids, including 2024 TB2, 2007 UT3, and the larger 2020 WG, as they make safe ...

Piazzi named it Ceres, after the goddess ... them was approximately 1.1 kilometres and Dimorphos' orbital period was 11 hours 55 minutes. The controlled impact of NASA's DART spacecraft on 26 ...

Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf ...

A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers reveal. A new study finds that Ceres, which sits in the asteroid belt between ...