“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

Images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen 2 robotic probe are released on Tuesday by the China National Space ...

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft had been on its interplanetary itinerary for over 33 days as of Tuesday ...

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

The topic is particularly poignant given recent conversation around 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that will swing within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029, and 2024 YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid now ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

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Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, ...