In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...

NASA has released the first high-resolution images of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing its unusual peanut-like shape following a key encounter by the Lucy spacecraft earlier this year.

NASA has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique ...

In this paper, regarding the asteroid powered de-scent scenario, the asteroid gravity PINN model and the successive convexification method are adopted to solve the fuel-consumption minimal 6-DoF ...

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

Asteroids are scientific windows for understanding the universe while having enormous economic value. Instead of merely bringing back a small sample, capturing an asteroid into earth's orbit is one of ...

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

Senators introduce a resolution to designate June 30 as National Asteroid Day, emphasizing planetary defense and public awareness.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Home > Science This US Senator Wants to Make June 30 'Asteroid Day' The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.