on lunar soil composition and water-splitting processes will be conducted to assess the potential for generating oxygen and hydrogen. Advanced navigation systems and autonomous operation technologies ...

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an ...

Asteroid 2024 XN1, a space rock the size of about a 10-story building, is fast approaching planet Earth with a velocity of 14 ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many celestial bodies in our solar system provide clear evidence of a 4.6-billion-year ...

NASA will deploy cutting-edge technology to better understand the inner workings of 2024 XN1 during its near-Earth passage.

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

Lab experiments conducted at NASA’s JPL shed new light on how Vesta’s surface may have been shaped by brief water flows.

An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...

A small asteroid lit up the sky over Russia’s Siberian republic of Yakutia as it entered Earth's atmosphere.View on euronews ...