Lucy zoomed past Donaldjohanson at incredible speed. The spacecraft captured a series of close-up images using its L’LORRI ...

Scientists with NASA's Lucy mission continue to analyze data collected during the spacecraft's April 20 encounter with the ...

A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet.

En route to the asteroid system Didymos, Hera will reach its closest point to Mars on March 12. It will use the gravitational pull of the Red Planet to create a slingshot effect, accelerating the ...

For billions of years, Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids have orbited undisturbed, preserving chemical and physical clues from the ...

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

‘City killer’ asteroid on collision course with Moon could damage satellites Researchers call for measures being taken to safeguard Earth from asteroids to be extended to Moon ...

The University announced three industry-leading alumni as new Board of Trustees members June 4: Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer of SpaceX, Wil Smith, president and chief executive officer of ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic home. These planetary leftovers offer clues to our creation—and ...

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some ...