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From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...
REx sample return capsule contained rock from the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Keegan Barber Mary Magnuson, Collecting asteroid samples China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this ...
While originally conceived as an in-house job, NASA has since realized that its version of the plan would cost at least $7 ...
White House takes aim at several projects failing to meet cost and schedule estimates—and several more that aren’t.
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...
KinetX Aerospace, Inc., the first private company to provide interplanetary navigation for NASA, has been honored with three ...
The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...
China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon from 590,000 kilometers awa ...
The Canadian flag has taken on numerous meanings over the years. Most recently, it's been seen by many as a display of defiance against Trump's threats of annexation. CBC's Stephen Quinn spoke with ...
The bigger the rock, the less often they impact Earth. For example, a 140-metre asteroid impacts Earth roughly once every 1,000 years and one that is about one kilometre in size impacts Earth roughly ...