China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples. Tianwen 2 launched from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is ...

Even with many lawmakers in favor of maintaining NASA's budget, a flat budget is still a funding cut when accounting for inflation. Moreover, NASA has already been negatively affected by the Trump ...

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the sun with a looping path that ...

Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

A recent study, yet to be peer-reviewed, has revealed that asteroid YR4 smashing into our moon could have big implications here on Earth.

A giant asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, potentially sending debris toward Earth and creating a spectacular meteor shower.