Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...

Get ready for a spectacular start to 2025, as one of the most active meteor showers in the astronomical calendars is set to ...

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When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

Space agencies worldwide are gearing up missions in 2025 to expand humanity's horizons, from the moon and Mars to asteroids and beyond.

With 2024 coming to a close, we look at the biggest space achievements of the year from NASA, SpaceX, China, and more.

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Lab experiments conducted at NASA’s JPL shed new light on how Vesta’s surface may have been shaped by brief water flows.

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With the James Webb Space Telescope and updated processing techniques, researchers have detected asteroids just tens of ...