The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of ...
What happens when an interstellar comet is also a dress rehearsal for maintaining the usability of Earth’s orbits? Comet ...
Installation of an experiment testing asteroid material at CERN's HiRadMat facility. (Photo: Karl-Georg Schlesinger) Millions of asteroids orbit ...
Asteroids capable of flattening a metropolis are no longer the stuff of science fiction, and the latest “city destroyer” ...
A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...