A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...
We’d certainly know about it if an asteroid hit Mars or the moon, but just how much Earth would be affected depends on a number of factors ...
Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...
ESA’s Mars orbiters captured images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars, revealing its bright, hazy ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be out of view of Earth, but orbiters on Mars were able to recently get a look at it.
Hera, a European spacecraft, is halfway to the Didymos asteroid system to study the impact of NASA’s DART mission.
Asteroid impacts are typically linked with mass extinctions and catastrophic events. However, recent studies have unearthed a ...
3I/ATLAS is named for its status as one of three interstellar objects ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as ...
Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.