SpaceX will launch Europe's Hera spacecraft toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation on Monday (Oct. 7), and you can watch the liftoff live.

ASTRONAUTS in the future could eat asteroids in a mind-boggling plan revealed by top scientists. In the bizarre-sounding ...

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Liftoff of the ESA/NASA Hera mission is set for Monday, sending a spacecraft on a two year journey to a familiar asteroid ...

A large space rock estimated to be roughly the size of school bus is currently caught in earth's graviational field.

A third suspect is now in custody in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred earlier this year in Northwest D.C., authorities ...

In a fascinating cosmic event, Earth has temporarily captured a mini-moon, an asteroid now caught in Earth's gravitational pull. Named 2024 PT5, this tiny space rock was first spotted by astronomers ...

So, Earth has a "new moon," but before you get too excited about a cosmic sidekick, let’s set the record straight. Earth is ...

Earth has a second moon. Alas, it is to be but for just a short time! It is a small near-Earth asteroid about 10 meters ...

A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of all life on ...

Scientists found a previously hidden massive asteroid crater in the Atlantic Ocean. Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs?

Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake ...