Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...

The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole", according to the European Space Agency (ESA). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbite ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

At the 2025 International Astronautical Congress, global space agency leaders shared ambitious plans for future lunar and Mars exploration.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 SA3 is approaching fast. Measuring about 54 feet across, it travels 18,073 miles per ...

Bian Zhigang, vice administrator of CNSA, outlined a number of recent successes, including the Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 moon ...

It cannot yet be ruled out that the asteroid 2024 YR₄ will crash into the moon in seven years' time, with dangerous ...

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our ...

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...