The stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a ...

The asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere at 11:15 a.m. ET over Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, creating a massive fireball.

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

Maruthi Akella, a professor at the University of Texas, has been honored with the naming of an asteroid located more than a ...

One of Uranus's moons likely has an ocean while the composition of the planet itself is more bizarre than we knew ...

An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream early ...

Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested the feasibility of a mission concept called SWIM, short for Sensing With Independent ...

A small asteroid illuminated Siberia's night sky on December 4, showcasing advances in detection technology without causing ...

NASA/JPL/Handout via REUTERS By Will DunhamReuters Study indicates Venus has never had habitable conditions WASHINGTON, Dec 2 ...