An unknown small object, traveling thousands of miles per hour, punctured a satellite in Earth's orbit. The satellite company ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

The average distance from the surface of the planet to its satellite is 239,000 miles although the exact length varies at different points in the moon's orbit. When an asteroid is larger than ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.

But of all the Landsats, none matched the longevity of the Landsat 5, which remains the longest-operating Earth-monitoring satellite in history. The NEAR Shoemaker, or the Near Earth Asteroid ...

The asteroid burst into a fireball that lit the skies at 3:54 a.m. PT on October 22, 2024. Scientists estimated that the energy released by the asteroid upon impact with the atmosphere would be ...

The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA's Hera mission for planetary defense have exchanged their first signals with Earth, ...

During this cubesat commissioning, we have not only confirmed the cubesat instruments and systems work as planned, but also validated the entire ground command infrastructure.' ...

A city-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth this October ... Dr Sarath Raj, director for laboratories and project director at Amity Dubai Satellite Ground Station and AmiSat, said: “The ...