In late July, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) transmitted laser data across 290 million miles from the Psyche ...

In this week's Degrees of Science we are talking about the temporary Mini-Moon that will orbit Earth for the next couple of months ...

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket captured amazing images of Earth Monday (Oct. 7) during the launch of Europa's ...

The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a ...

The news was a relief for Fitzsimmons and the entire Hera team.

Every year, the Earth is treated to several meteor showers as we cross into their orbit, or they cross into ours. They are ...

The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.

Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...

We took advantage of a rare opportunity when this swarm of asteroids passed closer to Earth, allowing us to more efficiently ...

When a huge asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs and drastically changed the planet. While the ...

The highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.

Hera will attempt to go into orbit around the rocky pair, with the flyby distances gradually dropping from 18 miles all the ...