OSIRIS-REx was designed for a straightforward sample mission, but Bennu had other plans. Instead of a smooth surface, NASA ...

By analyzing how far material ejected from an impact crater flies, scientists can locate buried glaciers and other interesting subsurface features.

A pair of groundbreaking NASA studies, published in Nature, have unveiled new insights into the interiors of the Moon and the ...

Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due ... to send uncrewed spacecraft to observe Apophis in the years ...

Giant rocks tearing through space at breakneck speed is terrifying at the best of times, but one picture of an asteroid has given many the creeps. There are an estimated 1.1 to 1.9 million asteroids ...