A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the ...
When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.
This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche ... development and testing of its flight software. A November 2022 report by an independent review board ...
From September 29 until November 25, the full-sized moon will ... The last known mini-moon was the 2020 CD3, which orbited Earth from 2018 to 2020.
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...
The spacecraft left its orbit around Ryugu on Wednesday with samples of the asteroid in tow. Hayabusa-2 is expected to return to Earth in late 2020, completing its successful multi-year mission.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...