A rare visitor from deep space, comet 3I/ATLAS, is now in our solar system. Scientists worldwide are observing this ...

Asteroid mining has long been imagined as the next great leap for humanity—offering access to vast reserves of rare metals ...

Astronomers have identified 2025 SC79, a new asteroid with a remarkably fast 128-day orbit, placing it among the ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making a rare visit to our solar system, reaching perihelion near Mars' orbit on October 30, ...

Though harmless itself, its passage through the solar system is helping researchers test the systems, partnerships and ...

The ESA said the asteroid measured somewhere between one and three metres across. "Tracking down a metre-scale object in the vast darkness of space at a time when its location is still uncertain is an ...

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

Physicist Michio Kaku says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may reveal signs of intelligent life if it gains energy near the Sun.

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will slingshot around our planet for another deep-space rendezvous: a visit ...

The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not detected until hours after it was gone.

Dive into NASA's ATLAS system as interstellar 3I/ATLAS nears Sun on 29 Oct 2025—no Earth hit, but astrometry campaign probes ...