While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

An ancient asteroid collision probably triggered the expansion of life on Earth Around 3.3 billion years ago, life on Earth was very different from what it is today. Only simple, single-celled ...

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, ...

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s University Belfast, has recently returned from ground control of ESA’s Hera mission.