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A 53-foot asteroid is predicted to make a close approach to Earth on New Year's Eve. While the risk of impact is low, NASA ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA has successfully returned a 250-gram sample of dirt from a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Scientists around the world will study the rock particles to see ...

From robotic expeditions to the moon to a new observatory in space to a rendezvous with an asteroid ... Here are some of the biggest space missions ahead. Later this month, a SpaceX rocket ...

THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China’s asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are some of the biggest space ...

"This is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever returned to Earth," Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said. The asteroid material "included waterlogged clay minerals", said The New York Times.

NASA has several CLPS missions planned for 2025: including deliveries by companies Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly ...