A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the ...
Asteroid 2020 XR is classified by NASA as a near Earth ... It is next forecast to fly past our planet in November 2028. However, the minimum distance will be much further away, at an estimated ...
This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche ... development and testing of its flight software. A November 2022 report by an independent review board ...
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...
The spacecraft left its orbit around Ryugu on Wednesday with samples of the asteroid in tow. Hayabusa-2 is expected to return to Earth in late 2020, completing its successful multi-year mission.
NASA will provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, January 29, which delivered a sample of ...
OSIRIS-REx wasn't the first probe to rendezvous with an asteroid and bring back samples for study -- Japan succeeded in the feat twice, returning celestial dust in 2010 and 2020. In addition to ...