A July flyby of a massive asteroid went undetected until two days after it passed, raising urgent questions about planetary ...
NASA has secured the necessary funding for the OSIRIS-APEX mission, which would see the repurposed OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to visit another asteroid, Apophis, in 2029. The mission—one of 19 science ...
Asteroid mining is moving from fiction to fact, here’s how missions and startups are redefining resource extraction beyond ...
China's Mars orbiter, Tianwen-1, has successfully observed the rare interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, using its high-resolution ...
On October 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. It arrived with excellent timing on Halloween, ...
On October 31, 2015, an asteroid shaped like a human skull flew by Earth. It arrived with excellent timing on Halloween, ...
Artificial intelligence is completely revolutionizing how we observe space. As telescopes like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...
Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9.
Scientists are observing the skies as the comet 3i/ATLAS makes a close flyby of Earth. Gabriel J. Sánchez is a producer for NPR's All Things Considered. Sánchez identifies stories, books guests, and ...
The object that came from outside the Solar System has sparked major online buzz about it being alien in nature, as Nasa is ...
Astronomers worldwide are intensely studying 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object entering our solar system. Its ...
Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...