Elon Musk has issued a warning for the public after a giant asteroid made a close approach to our planet. Reacting to ...

Comet A3 is just becoming visible in the sky and over the next few weeks will put on a show that's easy for family viewing. David Zura speaks with an academic astronomer.

On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE" became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet. Originally ...

EARTH could collide with its deadly cosmic neighbour, Apophis, an asteroid 1,100ft (335m) wide, should a rare chain event occur, according to a new study. Though it would be a one in a billion ...

The BepiColombo Mercury probe made a flyby of its ultimate destination on Wednesday ... created by large asteroid or comet ...

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning about a large asteroid that will pass Earth on Tuesday evening. Named 2024 ON, this space rock is approximately 950 feet in ...

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its fourth close pass of the innermost planet last week, and it will enter Mercury’s orbit in 2026 to learn more about its mysteries ...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing ...

The two Janus spacecraft could have second lives — fitting for a mission named after the Roman god of duality.

Earth is about to acquire a new "mini moon," according to astronomers. But don't worry—2024 PT5 isn't looking for anything serious. The 33-foot-wide asteroid will hang out in Earth's orbit for roughly ...