The fight to claim a 3.5-tonne space rock didn't just kickstart a publicity battle that divided an empire — it also left a ...
On August 12, 2026, lucky viewers in and around Greenland, Iceland and Spain—weather allowing—will be able to see one of ...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just woke up after nearly a year of hibernation and scientists are eager to see the data it ...
If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...
A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...
The Asteroid That Briefly Worried Planetary Defense Experts Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered in late 2024 and quickly drew attention because early orbital calculations left open a possible Earth ...
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 has a close encounter with a peanut-shaped asteroid, Torifune. Credit: JAXA / The University of ...
Shizuoka Gov Yasutomo Suzuki told the prefectural assembly Tuesday that he will allow Central Japan Railway Co to begin ...
China is getting ready to attempt its first asteroid deflection test, aiming to physically alter a space rock's orbit and ...
Like a shelf in an old house, the Earth collects a lot of dust from its surroundings. This "space dust" is mostly made up of ...
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A giant asteroid is approaching Earth for a historic flyby, and we may see it!
A massive asteroid named Apophis will safely pass close to Earth in 2029, creating the first opportunity in human history to ...
A Japanese spacecraft flew by an asteroid and snapped a picture. It turned out to be a “contact binary”: two space rocks that ...
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