An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will safely pass Earth on Dec. 4, 2024. It's classed as a “potentially ...

The asteroid, named 2024 WF5, will come over twice as close to us as the moon, at a distance of around 104,000 miles.

The asteroid 16 Psyche is theorized to contain $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 worth of valuable metals, including platinum and ...

Efforts to shield Earth from asteroid impacts have advanced, but significant gaps remain in planetary defence systems. Robin ...

Mars is probably smaller than you think. It's just half the size of Earth, with barely a third of its mass. Even the Martian ...

NASA issues a warning for a 170-ft asteroid heading towards Earth at 47,644 km/h. It will pass safely on Nov 24, but offers ...

Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

President-elect Donald J. Trump joined Elon Musk, as his company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out a sixth test ...

Phobos and Deimos could have formed from asteroid debris, a new study suggests. An upcoming sample return mission will help test the idea.

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...