NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...

At 950 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about the size of a typical stadium ... both plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to ...

The upcoming flyby is a dress rehearsal for 2027 when Lucy reaches its first so-called Trojan asteroid near Jupiter. Cranking up its three science instruments, the spacecraft on Sunday will ...

A half-tonne Soviet spacecraft is set to crash back to Earth next week, with experts predicting it could hit "like a ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt, wasn’t just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Eight Trojan flybys are planned through 2033. NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency ...