In September 2022, NASA’s DART mission did something that seemed only possible in science fiction or mythology: It moved a celestial body. Asteroid Dimorphos, the moon of the much larger asteroid ...

Recent research has established that approximately 70 percent of all known meteorite falls can be traced back to three young asteroid families: Karin, Koronis, and Massalia. This significant finding ...

Olympus Mons, Mars' immense shield volcano, towers 21 kilometers above its surface, dwarfing Earth's Mount Everest. Covering ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Space agencies have been busy with three major launch milestones occurring in the space of a week. Meanwhile, the sun is at ...

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

MILAN — After collecting the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon, China is now setting its sights on even more distant destinations — Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, positioning itself as a ...

Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...