Which asteroids pose the greatest threat to Earth? How likely are they to strike, and what level of destruction could they ...

Large asteroids are considered a potential threat to the Earth. That's why scientists closely monitor them and record every ...

In Prince George the forecast is for cloudy skies until Friday. “For the best viewing you have to wait until the Gemini ...

The asteroid belt is messy and sometimes a threat to our solar system’s planets, so on this episode of Dead Planets Society it’s time to tidy it up into a single asteroid world ...

Radiation is a primary concern for long-duration human spaceflight, such as the planned trips to Mars, which are the stated ...

When NASA's DART spacecraft collided with an asteroid moon, no one could anticipate the profound changes that happened next.

From oceans found on distant planets to a detailed map of a fly’s brain, these findings deepened our understanding of the ...

These aren’t the massive black holes that lurk at the centers of galaxies. The researchers are focusing on much smaller ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned asteroid samples, enabling a vast observation campaign that provided new insights into ...

The team continues to analyse asteroid samples, including material from Bennu, with hopes of preventing similar contamination in future studies. As Genge remarked, “Our findings emphasise the ...

It went straight for a distant asteroid called Bennu, circled it for a bit, and then returned home, bringing with it some 8.8 ounces (250 grams) of alien soil for us to study. That happened in ...

The samples were collected by Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, which launched in December 2014 and successfully rendezvoused with Ryugu in June 2018.