The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

NASA’s Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of ...

An anomaly has forced the Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 into protective "safe mode" while journeying ...

It is very difficult to know exactly the history of the Earth. For millions of years, the planet was inhabited by species ...

Consider the dramatic visual and gravitational consequences if a large asteroid struck and fractured the Moon.

NASA's lunar experiment shows solar wind may generate water molecules on the Moon’s surface, hinting at new possibilities for ...

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-32 mission is to launch on April 21, 2025 Dragon spacecraft to deliver over 6,400 pounds of cargo to ISS CRS-32 supports key experiments for future Moon and Mars missions ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...