In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week ...

But HERA will not reach the asteroid—which is 11 million kilometers (seven million miles) from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars ... 12.5 kilometer-wide moon is the smaller and less ...

Deimos is about 15,000 miles from Mars. Scientists have previously speculated that it may actually be a piece of asteroid, not a moon. Hera got as close as 1,000 kilometers, or about 620 miles ...

hitching a ride with Intuitive Machines’ third mission to the Moon. “This is a new frontier, and we got another shot at it with Vestri,” Gialich added. aerospace technology Asteroid mining ...

In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid belt. Where do meteorites of different type come ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it impacts, it could form a large crater and create meteoroids, affecting ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

or it’s a small asteroid captured by the planet’s gravity. It completes one orbit around Mars every 30 hours. Aside from capturing images of the slightly misshapen moon, Hera also performed ...