A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

“Our research has implications not just for asteroid detection and planetary defense, but also for our broader understanding ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system. Some past mini ...

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...