China launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from an asteroid near ... asteroids, chosen for their relatively stable orbits, hopefully will offer clues into the formation of Earth ...

The ambitious asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission is a challenging one as it is planned as a combined mission to collect samples from a near-Earth ... coming back, Tianwen-2 also ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

Photograph by DOE/FNAL/DECam/R. Hahn/CTIO/NOIRLab/AURA/NSF Most of the near-Earth asteroids in such tight orbits will have limited lifetimes in the inner solar system. They’re fated to collide ...

The Apophis asteroid has been a subject of fear and fascination ever since its discovery. With its close approach to Earth ...

NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations. NASA will ...

"Alien: Earth" is a new prequel TV series to the "Alien" franchise. It takes place two years before the first "Alien" movie. The FX series starts when a spaceship crashes on Earth with a Xenomorph ...