In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

During flight 176, the vehicle detected an anomaly on descent, leading to it crashing and its ultimate destruction.

China’s Tianwen-2 launched on a sample return mission to asteroid Kamo’oalewa, before heading out for a visit with the Comet ...

The CNSA said the Tianwen 2 mission is expected to accomplish multiple objectives through a single expedition, including the ...

The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...

Venus may be hiding asteroids that could be catastrophic if they were to hit Earth, according to some researchers. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics ...

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.

The asteroid is about the size of a 10-story building, according to researchers. As of April 2, 2025, the chance for 2024 YR4 to hit the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032, rose from 1.7% in late February to 3.8%.