The image below, taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (which arrived at Mars in 2016), shows one of the ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
According to scientists, there is a 1.6 per cent chance the asteroid will strike Earth on Dec 22, 2032. Read more at ...
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...
PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...
Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...
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.
It was in 2018, when Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk took the audacious step of 'strapping' a car before launching it into ...
In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...
NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a ...