Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

The Tianwen 2 mission, which is China's first attempt to bring pristine asteroid samples back to Earth, was launched on May ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

This same asteroid, once regarded as the highest-impact threat to Earth ever recorded, is now shifting attention to our lunar neighbor.

Asteroid-sampling probe took images day after launch, China’s space agency says, as eight universities carry out mock lunar ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) today released images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen-2 probe in ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) revealed on Tuesday new images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen-2 ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

The asteroid, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, orbits the sun, so it remains a constant companion of Earth. It is too ...