The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a swarm of boulders around the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally hit last fall. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, ...
ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029 ...
In a discreet vacuumed-packed container inside a FedEx box lies a piece of ancient history; extremely ancient history.
The European Space Agency is preparing to send a pair of spacecraft to stalk a potentially hazardous asteroid as it swings by ...
When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses ...
A “Planet Killer” asteroid big enough to kill a million people, has passed close to Earth, leaving scientist stunned by one ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is aiming to launch a mission aiming to block an asteroid that could have calamitous consequences for Earth. The spacecraft will stay within close distance of the ...
ESA will allow a proposed mission to the asteroid Apophis to go to a next stage of work to keep it on schedule even though it ...
Asteroid impacts are typically quite low on our looming disaster lists. After all, a large asteroid colliding with Earth is ...
At about 1,230 feet across, the Apophis asteroid is slightly smaller than the Empire State Building. On April 13, 2029, that skyscraper-sized space rock will approach Earth, and the European Space ...
The European Space Agency is preparing to rendezvous with an asteroid that is "about the size of a cruise liner" as it makes an exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029. Researchers will use the ...
Apart from the sun, its planets and their moons, our solar system has vast amounts of space rocks—fragments left over from ...