Scientists have long debated the origin of the organic material found on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared telescope will be the first space mission dedicated to detecting hazardous ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of this evening's SpaceX Maxar 3 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space ... shared an image of the mission patch for the Maxar 3 launch.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

Astronaut Nicole Stott's "Signature Edition" patch depicts one of the ... Space Hipsters/collectSPACE.com A former NASA astronaut who has made it her mission to promote the healing power of ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building ... The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu's precious ...