The new image, which shows Earth along with an even smaller point of light coming from the moon, harkens back to Carl Sagan's ...

Jupiter’s immense gravity deflects or captures countless asteroids that could otherwise strike Earth. Without it, our planet ...

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...

Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source familiar ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

An airplane-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth on 21 August. Scientists worldwide are now keeping a close watch. How close will asteroid 2025 OB3 come? NASA confirmed the asteroid’s upcoming ...

The spacecraft was 290 million kilometers (180 million miles) from our planet when the image was snapped. The Earth and Moon ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Psyche’s twin cameras recorded long-exposure images of Earth and the Moon. From 180 million miles away, both appeared as faint dots.

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have once had conditions suitable for microbial life, according to recent research.

A mystery object tearing towards Earth at break-neck speed has raised fears that aliens are on their way here.

Scientists say the risk of dying from a meteor strike is extremely low. According to Professor Carrie Nugent, the odds of ...