Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...

Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose ...

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared remarkable new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which was ...