The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

NASA’s Webb telescope has confirmed the presence of hydrated minerals on the surface of Psyche 16, a ... [+] massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb ...

Once at its target the NASA spacecraft will spend 26 months in orbit mapping and studying the asteroid’s properties. A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

Late last year, NASA scientists pressed start on a highly anticipated space mission. Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a ...

In 2023, NASA plans to launch a mission to Psyche, a weird and wild metal asteroid. Psyche is 140 miles across and is composed almost entirely of iron and nickel, with some estimates suggesting ...

ASTRONOMERS have been rocked by the discovery of a new asteroid that could hit Earth in only seven years. Experts say there’s ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

Deflecting an asteroid with something like DART clearly works well ... are in our collective pop culture-infused psyche. But ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...

A research team from KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering presents an AI assesser for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines ...