The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

A sideways and off-target landing has brought Intuitive Machines’ lunar mission to an early end — the second such mishap for ...

A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s ...

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is orbiting on a path that will bring it close to Earth in 2032, with scientists previously calculating impact probability at around 3%. Asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

NASA gave the all-clear Monday on an asteroid that previously had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. The asteroid was first discovered in late 2024 and reported when it surpassed the 1% ...

While Earth is no longer at risk, NASA scientists noted that there remains a 1.7% chance of the asteroid striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, though they expect this probability to decrease as ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.