"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

If we did learn that it would hit on December 22, 2032, astronomers say they could pinpoint the landing area with a ... be careful that you understand the trajectory well enough that you’re ...

Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural shield, instead of crash landing on the ground ... the ESA calculated the rock's trajectory and initially predicted that there ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

The Blue Ghost touchdown kicks off two weeks of around-the-clock research by NASA science and technology payloads.

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

successfully demonstrated the ability to alter an asteroid’s trajectory in 2022 by crashing a spacecraft into Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the asteroid Didymos. If Bennu were ever confirmed ...

The new data, obtained by the European Southern Observatory's Chile-based Very Large Telescope and other facilities, gave a more precise picture of the asteroid's future trajectory ... journeyed to an ...

The moon has a brand new visitor, as Firefly Aerospace makes history by becoming the first private company to ever make a fully successful landing on the moon.

An American Airlines flight from Boston aborted its landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway ...

Firefly Aerospace released video Tuesday showing the historic touchdown of its Blue Ghost lunar lander. The Cedar Park, Texas-based commercial company was making its first trip to the moon with help ...