Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, may be an ocean world-at least in the sense that the apparently rocky surface may ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but there are a few with very real chances of making contact. Watch the full episo ...

It is now approaching its closest point to Earth. The star successfully passed close to the Sun without disintegrating at the ...

Welcome to Edition 7.15 of the Rocket Report! It's a big week for big rockets, with SpaceX potentially launching its next ...

A rare comet is expected to be visible to the naked eye across the Northern Hemisphere for several weeks in October.

Private space company ispace and space startup Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) will deliver a mining robot called SCAR-E to ...

The ESA spacecraft embarked on a two-year journey to the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos on Monday.

The UAE Space Agency is spearheading the development of the MBR Explorer, named in honour of Sheikh Mohammed, as part of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. This flagship mission, a successor ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids expected to pass Earth on 3 October 2024.

Here's what Michigan sky watchers should know about catching this rare marvel as it zooms above Michigan's skies in October.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...