The Blue Ghost lander descended from lunar orbit on autopilot, aiming for the slopes of an ancient volcanic dome.

Astronomers are learning more and more about asteroids. For instance, NASA's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft journeyed to an asteroid named Bennu and, in 2020, collected samples of rock and dust that ...

Don’t blame astronomers for the odds that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2032. The likelihood has gone from 3.1 per cent to ...

Okay, I am being overly dramatic by the title, the asteroid YR4 was initially projected to have a 3.1% chance of hitting the ...

Any risk to Earth from this small asteroid has almost been eliminated, but there's still a chance it could hit the Moon in ...

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold ...

NASA scientists previously estimated that the odds of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth could rise to 20 percent, but the agency never told the public.

What are the odds the asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth? NASA’s early detection programme will probably bring more false ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...

Another asteroid is threatening the Earth! It's called "2024 YR4" and was only discovered with a telescope in Chile at the end of September. A deadly ...

Researchers in Hong Kong have built a tiny drone that can zip through the air at speeds of over 44 miles per hour (70 kph), ...

The space rock now has a one-in-360 chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, down from its peak of a one-in-32 chance. While it's looking likely that asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely fly by Earth, ...