Scientists have spotted a potential asteroid crater in Greenland just 114 miles away from another one announced a few…
The asteroid-orbiting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has released some of its most detailed images yet of its target, the…
Japanese astronomers spotted evidence of tiny Kuiper Belt object at the outer edge of the Solar System using a pair of…
By comparing the age of impact craters on the Moon to those on Earth, researchers say they have discovered a surge in…
The new year has brought important milestones for two space missions—but only one of them deals in the very survival of…
A team of astronomers has discovered the most extreme trans-Neptunian object in the outer reaches of the Solar System.…
The year’s brightest comet will make its closest approach with Earth over the weekend—and, if you’re in the right spot,…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has already detected evidence of water on its target, the asteroid Bennu, just a week…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission won’t just take pretty pictures of the asteroid Bennu—it will also help scientists learn…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived today at its target asteroid, Bennu, an important step on its mission to collect a sample…
Scientists have learned more about ‘Oumuamua, the hunk of matter that is the first known interstellar object to ever be…
An unusually large asteroid crater measuring 19 miles wide has been discovered under a continental ice sheet in…
More than two years after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has beamed back what the space agency is calling a…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has delayed the touchdown of the main section of the Hayabusa2 probe on…
A Michigan man recently learned that this 22-pound rock he used for decades as a doorstop on his farm was in fact a…
A German-French probe called MASCOT is now collecting valuable data from the surface of Ryugu, an asteroid located 190…
Japan’s MINERVA-II rovers have sent back a batch of new photos from Ryugu, including a stunning new video taken from…
Two landers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have successfully touched down on the Ryugu asteroid…
We usually associate volcanoes with extreme heat. But new results demonstrate that the Solar System’s largest asteroid,…
A mission to deflect asteroids that might threaten Earth has begun its final design and assembly phase, according to a…
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