NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system on its Psyche asteroid spacecraft, but an agency official ...

Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that ...

For years, scientists believed Vesta, one of the biggest objects in the asteroid belt, was more than just an asteroid. They ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

Before humans reach Mars, NASA wants to test its long-duration spaceflight capabilities by sending a crewed mission to a near-Earth asteroid. Using SpaceX’s Starship and Falcon Heavy, three astronauts ...

Asteroids aren’t just space rocks - they could hold the secrets to Earth’s origin, limitless resources, and even planetary ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" ...

The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.