Hera's journey to asteroid Dimorphos. To get to asteroid Dimorphos, Hera performed its first maneuver with two bursts from ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

Known as one of the top meteor showers of the autumn season because of its bright fireballs, the Leonids started to be ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...