SpaceX will launch the Hera European Space Agency mission Monday morning from Cape Canaveral to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by the DART mission.

In a fascinating cosmic event, Earth has temporarily captured a mini-moon, an asteroid now caught in Earth's gravitational pull. Named 2024 PT5, this tiny space rock was first spotted by astronomers ...

So, Earth has a "new moon," but before you get too excited about a cosmic sidekick, let’s set the record straight. Earth is ...

The largest of the five celestial travelers, Asteroid 2024 RJ32 is around the size of a jumbo jet, at around 130 feet across.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos and demonstrated that ...

“Because the Montana Supreme Court has assumed a de facto new role as the final arbiter of all election legislation in ...

Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun. According to Nasa, these inactive rocks are also known as minor planets and ...

Planetary rings don’t last forever, although they do exist for millions of years. The evidence for Earth’s possible ring is ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) prepares to launch its Hera spacecraft in October on its first planetary defense mission.

Asteroids have become the biggest topic of interest to astronomers it seems. After hitting one in 2022 to test humanity's ...

NASA's JPL remains vigilant in its efforts to track asteroids and study their behaviour, contributing to a better ...

Earth has a second moon. Alas, it is to be but for just a short time! It is a small near-Earth asteroid about 10 meters ...