Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the Earth — and there’s a chance you can see it for yourself.

An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa.

They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and ...

Europa Clipper, which launched in October 2024, will get an energy boost around March 2025 when it flies by Mars, one of our ...