In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, ...

The mission, scheduled for this year, is a significant milestone in the development of space-based solar power systems. If ...

The latest discoveries about Vesta challenge its traditional classification. This giant asteroid might actually be a remnant ...

The work that we’re doing is really important because warning time is everything,” says Danica Remy of the B612 Foundation in ...

On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. This ...

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within ...

They add: "The asteroid's orbit around the Sun sees it safely pass Earth several times in just a few years before ...

"This 230–510 meters large asteroid will reach its minimum distance (about 4.2 millions of km, 10.9 times the average lunar ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today, Friday, May 9. Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space ...

When we think about space exploration, most of the focus is on what’s out there — the Moon, Mars, distant asteroids. But what ...