NASA and SpaceX are teaming up for one of the boldest missions in space history - sending humans to an asteroid. From testing ...

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It completes one full revolution around the Sun approximately every 514 days.

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated one million Near Earth Objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

An asteroid, 2025 KX8, will closely approach Earth on June 4, 2025. NASA is monitoring the space rock, which is about 36 ...

As Chinese modernization necessitates the accelerated comprehensive vitalization of rural areas, the country's "No 1 Central ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System ... can be found drawing, playing the piano or shapeshifting. Could Asteroids Help Us Find the Fifth Force? Earth-Destroying Asteroid Incoming?

Thompson and her colleagues had 72 hours to perform initial measurements and analyses, drawing on her expertise ... to retrieve samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth. The mission is ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce ...

Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might still be ... was a proposal that would have included Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

This magnetic field played a crucial role in drawing matter inward ... that either no such field existed in the outer solar system during the asteroid’s formation, or it was too weak to be ...

Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system's origins A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune Date: November 6, 2024 ...