Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour. The space rock known as "2025 DL22" will make the closest ...

‘Small’ asteroids the size of buses or stadiums have been pinpointed between Mars and Jupiter for the first time. Scientists used a new method of tracking the space rocks, which could one day ...

Asteroids are small, rocky remnants from the early formation of our solar system. They orbit the sun and are mostly found in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, but some orbit closer to Earth.

The classic arcade game Asteroids is so accessible and timeless that every time I see a vector graphics triangle, it acts as a reminder of the retro gaming era. The original arcade cabinet hit ...

The department In-Situ Sensing (ISS) at the DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems researches and develops methods for in-situ measurements on planetary bodies such as Mars, the Moon and asteroids.

If you want to know about Hera, a satellite hurtling through deep space toward two asteroids, you can just ask it. “My mission is to study the aftermath of NASA’s DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos ...