The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance research and practical applications in asteroid observation, the Sharjah Academy ...