The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...
An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...
Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...
Asteroid 2024 RV50, measuring 710 feet, will make a close approach to Earth on October 18, 2024, passing at a distance of ...
From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics ...
To keep a close eye on this celestial body, NASA is utilising an advanced tracking system at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Researchers found that 70% of meteorites originate from three asteroid families formed by recent collisions. They have ...
A large asteroid, roughly the size of a stadium, is set to pass Earth on . Named 2024 RV50, this asteroid measures about 710 ...
2 new papers trace the origin of most meteorites to just a handful of asteroid breakup events – and possibly even individual ...
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.