Although we can still see comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in our sky, astronomers are already preparing for another ...

Satellite history is littered with "firsts." Many early space launches constituted key moments in the Cold War space race and ...

Whether discovering exoplanets or measuring the size of an asteroid, cubesats are affordable throughout the space community, ...

Earth is surrounded by a fascinating array of celestial companions: seven quasi-moons, an indeterminate number of minimoons, ...

Regardless of an asteroid’s mass ... experts can say with certainty that we won’t be gaining another satellite as big or as cosmically vital as our moon anytime soon. Fairly small objects ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch a mission that will assess how effective humanity could be in protecting Earth from an asteroid impact. Called Hera, the mission will visit a rock ...

The asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth ... the Air Force were talking about superiority against enemy nations, satellite warfare, things like that. But Lindley Johnson, who's now ...

The small satellite Juventas investigates the interior structure of the asteroid Dimorphos ...

Here’s how it works. A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study. The new experiment, conducted using the world's most ...

An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...

Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost two ...

Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost ...