Despite this incessant rain of junk battering the atmosphere, the amount of space debris increased over the course of 2024, ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width.

The spacecraft will zoom by at more than 30,000 mph. The asteroid is among countless fragments believed to have resulted from a major collision 150 million years ago. “It’s not going to be a ...

The asteroid is a fragment from a collision that took place around 150 million years ago, making it one of the youngest main belt asteroids ever visited by a spacecraft. Although it’s not a ...

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

The spacecraft will zoom by at more than 30,000 mph. The asteroid is among countless fragments believed to have resulted from a major collision 150 million years ago. “It’s not going to be a ...

Space is becoming more crowded and as the number of satellites increases, so too does the risk of a collision, highlighting ...

The spacecraft will zoom by at more than 30,000 mph (48,000 kph). The asteroid is among countless fragments believed to have resulted from a major collision 150 million years ago. “It's not ...