Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision ...

At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...

A test model of the Perseverance rover, designed to explore the surface of Mars, sits in a garage at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Ancient rocks in South Africa and Eswatini act like a geological time machine, revealing oceans, volcanoes and microbial life ...

Just days into the New Year, on January 6, NASA will begin spacewalks outside the International Space Station to prepare for ...

The new year is around the corner; marking a promising year for space exploration. After years of travel and preparations, ...

From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for.

The 26-foot-tall (8-meter-tall) cargo lander is expected to embark on its first flight during the first quarter of 2026, ...