The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029 ...

A large asteroid, roughly the size of a stadium, is set to pass Earth on . Named 2024 RV50, this asteroid measures about 710 ...

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...

While the timescales of these loss mechanisms have been calculated using estimates of some critical parameters that include the thermal properties, strengths and mean densities of the asteroids, we ...

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

Unlike planets, asteroids do not have an atmosphere. Their size and structure can vary greatly, with many remaining unchanged since their early formation. NASA closely monitors asteroid movements ...

The NASA spacecraft hit the roughly 160 meters in diameter Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid — the 780 meter Didymos.

Asteroid Ryugu, formed billions of years ago, was shaped by processes in the early solar system, including freeze-thaw cycles ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission to visit Dimorphos, an asteroid that NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) ...

NASA, along with other space agencies, has developed an advanced network of telescopes and computational systems to identify ...