NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

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NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope observations have provided the strongest indications yet of potential life beyond our solar ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

Next came the "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which gave researchers sleepless ... Thankfully, calculations showed that it will narrowly miss the planet. However, now it looks set to hit the Moon, ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our planet, astronomers have figured out what it actually looks like: a flat, ...