Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a composition that ...
After Hera speeds past Mars, it's onward to Didymos and its now -misshapen companion Dimorphos (thanks to the collision), ...
NASA on Wednesday showed off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft — a jumble of black dust and ...
A team of asteroid hunters that includes researchers at the University of Washington says it has identified 27,500 new, ...
The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to help scientists learn more about the formation of rocky ...
N ASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are preparing for the close approach of near-Earth object, asteroid 99942 Apophis.
ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defense will make a swingby of Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its ...
Many fizzle out or explode in the upper atmosphere without anyone ever hearing about it. Scientists do say a meteor may have ...
NASA’s NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since its reactivated mission began on Dec. 13, 2013, the space telescope has ...
A detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has found evidence that its parent asteroid was altered by water before being ...