A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and ...

On May 15, NASA’s Psyche used Mars as a slingshot on its lengthy journey to the main asteroid belt — and captured remarkable ...

NASA’s asteroid-hunting Psyche spacecraft recently needed a little gravitational assist from Mars to keep speeding towards its intended target, but it didn’t leave the Red Planet empty-handed. While ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft has snapped a new set of Mars photos.

Ancient rocks found by NASA's Perseverance rover reveal Mars was repeatedly impacted by asteroids billions of years ago.

A psychedelic composite image of Mars, showing what the Psyche mission saw as it approached the red planet from 2 May to 15 ...

A 245-foot sequence of ancient Martian rock appears to have formed from debris deposited by repeated asteroid impacts. Glassy ...

The rover found a 245-foot-thick layer of old rock on the rim of Jezero Crater, showing that the formation was created by repeated asteroid impacts.

Most asteroids drifting through our solar system are made of rock or ice, but one stands out as strikingly different. Known ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft aced its Mars flyby, using the planet’s gravity to speed toward its 2029 encounter with a metal-rich asteroid. The spacecraft tested its cameras, magnetometer, and ...

The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only now finally figuring out its weird shape and ...

A Crucial Encounter on the Road to a Metallic World On May 15, 2024, the Psyche spacecraft grazed past Mars in a critical stage of its interplanetary voyage. But don’t be fooled—Mars was merely the ...