JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | mash mix by ...

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

In recent years, humanity has visited several near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including Ryugu (Hayabusa2) and Didymos (DART). However, we will need more frequent missions to start gathering more helpful ...

SpaceX Falcon 9 may be visible in Arizona as it soars toward space to deliver Starlink satellites into orbit following a ...

SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg, California, will send Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. After liftoff, ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth. A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet ...

KF, about the size of a house, will safely pass Earth today within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. Discovered just days ...

China's first asteroid sample-return mission Tianwen-2 is scheduled for launch at the end of May, with the Tianwen-2 probe ...

China hopes Tianwen-2 will match the success of its US and Japanese space rivals by exploring an unusual Near-Earth Asteroid ...