Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...

DART carried a CubeSat, LICIACube, from the Italian Space Agency, which provided the first fleeting glimpse of the collision aftermath. Very important data that will be expanded by the arrival of Hera ...

Scientists have found where most meteorites comes from. One of them, known as the Massalia family, is responsible for 37 per ...

The Ramses mission would rendezvous with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its 2029 close approach to Earth.

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

2 new papers trace the origin of most meteorites to just a handful of asteroid breakup events – and possibly even individual ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics ...

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.

October will feature yet another rare celestial treat. Look to the night sky to see the biggest supermoon of the year along ...

The "mini-moon" is going to continue to orbit Earth with our moon for a total of 57 days. On Nov. 25, the asteroid is ...

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

Meteorites have bombarded Earth for billions of years, often causing minimal damage but occasionally leading to cataclysmic events. Recent studies reveal that 70% of meteorites originate from three ...