KF is set fly very close to the Earth this Wednesday, according to NASA. Its size is comparable to 12 and a half fully grown ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

Continue reading During its first test flyby in November 2023, Lucy revealed a surprise. The small asteroid Dinkinesh turned out to have a moon, later named Selam. That unexpected discovery ...

The upcoming flyby is a dress rehearsal for 2027 when Lucy reaches its first so-called Trojan asteroid near Jupiter. Cranking up its three science instruments, the spacecraft on Sunday will ...

(AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The upcoming flyby ...

Earlier this year, another near-Earth asteroid drew global attention after astronomers revealed it had a non-zero chance of smashing into Earth in 2032. Now, keen astronomers can view the safe flyby ...

NASA confirms Asteroid 2003 MH4's close yet safe flyby near Earth on 24 May. No impact risk; tracked by CNEOS with full ...

Scientists are urging NASA to act quickly on concepts for repurposing a pair of NASA smallsats to visit the asteroid Apophis ...

China launched its first asteroid sampling mission early on Thursday morning, aiming to explore a near-Earth small asteroid ...

A gyroscope navigation system developed by an Irish company is to be launched into space as part of a mission to test and ...