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The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

A skyscraper-sized asteroid just buzzed past Earth — and yep, we’re somehow still here to talk about it. In what ...

Hayabusa2, operated by the Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA), is on an extended mission after successfully returning samples from the much larger asteroid Ryugu in 2020. With fuel to spare, ...

Asteroids contain more platinum, gold, and rare metals than Earth could ever provide, yet the dream of mining them remains ...

The asteroid is believed to be now 11 meters (36 feet) across, spinning on its axis every five minutes, and has a peculiar composition. The discovery has massive implications for the mission. One of ...

MOSCOW -- Asteroid 2025 FA22, one of the largest of its kind to approach Earth this year, passed by safely on Thursday, according to Russian scientists.

ESA says there is no impact risk after refined tracking; the virtual telescope project is streaming the flyby from tuscany.

Specialists specified that the asteroid’s next passage near Earth will take place in 11 years, on August 20, 2036 ...

Most of us imagine asteroids as giant space rocks that can cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth. But a new study ...

Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...