The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

In 2022 its space agency, NASA, collided a semi-autonomous spacecraft (capable of self-steering as well as being remotely ...

The Lafayette Meteorite, a chunk of Mars, has provided crucial insights into the Red Planet's geological history.

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

An asteroid burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere just hours after it was detected last month, the European Space Agency ...

The moon is getting smaller in the window. Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see ...

Stellar Stories Hera spacecraft launched The European Space Agency's Hxera spacecraft launched on October 7, initiating an ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...