Pallas has been studied for decades, given its spot as the third biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt, behind Ceres and Vesta. Its 513 km diameter isn't the most unique thing about it ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Asteroid 2024 YR4, a potentially hazardous object, will not impact Earth in 2032, but future close encounters are possible. This presents an opportunity for a ...

After a day of uncertainty following a harrowing moon landing attempt, the company Intuitive Machines sealed the fate of its latest lunar probe Athena. The spacecraft, which attempted a historic ...

Anne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, will soon be working with NASA to take a closer look at Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Verbiscer is one of eight ...

Odin is also silent, with its planned asteroid flyby unlikely. As for Athena, Intuitive Machines made dozens of repairs and upgrades following the company’s sideways touchdown by its first lander.

The dinosaurs, of course, could do nothing about the killer asteroid, other than presumably waving their tiny arms at the oncoming doom. But if they did have a space program — and yes ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...

The video above is from the previous report: Houston's Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is on the moon's surface but its status is unclear Launched last week, the lander named Athena missed its ...

The six-legged Athena spacecraft is now "on her side" atop the moon's surface, subsequently ending a week-long mission. The company said it received images transported from Athena on the lunar ...