NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of all life on ...

One prominent voice challenging reports on Earth's "second moon" or "mini-moon" is the host of the recent iteration of ...

In June and September of this year, scientists announced their decision to name four asteroids after the four Catholic ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...

Scientists found a previously hidden massive asteroid crater in the Atlantic Ocean. Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs?

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...

T he Psyche mission is on its way to study the metallic asteroid of the same name, and on its journey, continues to test the ...

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.