A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...

Exovia is a mining game with no threats, hazards, dangers or other potentially astronaut-ending elements. It's just you, a ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

The mission, scheduled for this year, is a significant milestone in the development of space-based solar power systems. If ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a close eye on it.

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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They're found in the main asteroid belt, orbiting around the sun between the paths of Mars and Jupiter. An illustration of an asteroid hovering over the Earth in space, with an inset image showing ...

The Psyche mission is heading first for Mars, where the spacecraft will use the planet's gravity next year to slingshot itself into the asteroid belt, setting up for arrival and orbit insertion ...

Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that suggest a different origin. Versta, the second-largest asteroid in the ...