Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

The asteroid appears blindingly bright as it reflects sunlight, and the monochrome NavCam photo picks it up as a shiny beacon. “The spacecraft’s range to Bennu is only about 27 miles (43 ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken by the DART’s built-in camera system. Launched in November, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART for short — is an asteroid-defense system.

primarily from the University of Tokyo and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), noted numerous dark red particles measuring 0.3 millimeters or less flying off the asteroid in the photos ...

Asteroid Dimorphos, the moon of the much larger ... have already been dense [with] emotion for the teams, with the first pictures taken from the various instruments and the first successful ...

A NASA scientist has warned that "the risk of an asteroid impact is real" and the "consequences would be huge" as he urges ...

What time is the first full moon of 2025? Here's when the Wolf Moon will peak This Sunday, January 12, the asteroid (887) Alinda, which measures about 4.2 kilometers in diameter, can be seen from ...

An asteroid about the size of a giraffe was discovered ... The close pass will be shown in real-time by The Virtual Telescope Project, a set of two powerful 14-inch and 17-inch robotic telescopes ...