The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

NASA released more details about its proposed fiscal year 2026 budget May 30, canceling dozens of science missions and ...

Ever wonder how NASA captures stunning images from deep space probes? Interplanetary scientist John Spencer takes us behind ...

Donald Trump has unveiled a bold new proposal: allocating over $1 billion for Mars exploration through a public-private ...

A Tekapo couple who have spent the past 50 years helping to track asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth have been ...

A recent study has cast a concerning spotlight on a previously underestimated celestial threat: asteroids co-orbiting Venus.

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power the third ...

Astronomers are using data from the recently decommissioned star-mapping satellite to help determine masses and more accurate ...

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

NASA officer Dr Kelly Fast is responsible for identifying and tracking asteroids, and figuring out if any of these rocky ...

The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and ...