If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

On01, NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid! After a five-year mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft touched down on the ...

A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so ...

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and ...

Opening its doors for the first time in March, the Meteorite Museum in Pulpi offers a one-of-a-kind experience. With more than 100 meteorites on display, there is nothing else like it across the ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

A top astronomer responsible for defending the Earth against asteroids has revealed what keeps her up at night — thousands of ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

ALE Co., a Tokyo-based startup developing artificial meteor showers, has announced that it has launched a new satellite and ...