The concept of converting asteroids into spacecraft involves using the asteroid's vast native mass as the primary material ...

Asteroids pass near Earth all the time, and while most pose no danger, even a small one could cause regional devastation if it hit. The DART mission proved that hitting an asteroid with a spacecraft ...

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

What are the odds that a meteorite would fall on you? According to an astronomer’s estimations, they are 1 in 700,000. Until ...

If researchers one day spot an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has already demonstrated that we can change its path by smashing a spaceship ...

A distant asteroid that a Japanese spacecraft is en route to visit could be a much harder target to reach than previously thought, according to new telescope data. The asteroid, known as 1998 KY26, is ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will slingshot around our planet for another deep-space rendezvous: a visit ...

TREASURE could be lurking just out of sight on the Moon – just waiting to be extracted. That’s the idea put forward by scientists who say our lunar neighbour could be hiding a vast resource ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission to asteroid 1998 KY26 might have unexpected challenges following new data on the rock's size, spin, and structure. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser / T. Santana-Ros et al. / ...