"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Season 6, episode 5—the perfectly titled "Why We Fight"—brings an unlikely alliance that could change the fate of the galaxy.

NASA's DART asteroid mission impact was a success, but part of that success might've had to do with boulders ejected during the collision.

Nicknamed Bennu, the one we’ll be looking at today is no different, revolving around a 1978-model Shovelhead from Harley-Davidson.

IAWN stated that this near-Earth asteroid will still be observable through early April 2025, but then its orbit will take it away from Earth, making it too faint to be seen until June 2028.

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...