China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

A network of Cold War-era infrasound sensors can help scientists reconstruct trajectories of falling space objects.

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our ...

When 3 meteorite pieces struck Khalwat Nimgaon, it upended village life and set off a frantic hunt for a missing fragment.

Visitors to London's Natural History Museum will be able to touch a piece of the moon and the planet Mars at a new exhibition ...

In 2022, NASA scientists successfully nudged an asteroid off its course, shortening its orbit by 32 minutes as part of the ...

Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds. Learn how the meteorite might have been incorporated into life on Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured asteroid 10199 Chariklo occult the star Gaia DR3 6873519665992128512. It was the ...

NASA warns of a massive 330-foot asteroid, 2025 DT50, approaching close to Earth today, May 14. , Science News - Times Now ...