"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of discovery." ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth: NASA An asteroid that could ... asteroid's orbit is currently taking it out towards Jupiter, and its next close approach will not ...

The team’s research, published today in Geophysical Research Letters, is the first to document this phenomenon—a burst of solar energy hitting Jupiter ... as long as Earth’s diameter.

It also likely originated from an asteroid family in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter—an unlikely ... with a nearly 3% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032.

The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth. It's primarily made of hydrogen and helium gas with trace amounts of gaseous molecules, like ammonia and water, which are ...

NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...

NASA recently tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a 3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. New data shows it's no longer a threat, but the incident highlights the need for strong ...