A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

From solar probes to deep space missions, these record-breaking human-made objects reached speeds that make bullets and jets ...

Located between Mars and Jupiter lies Vesta, the second-largest body within the main asteroid belt. For generations, ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

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. It will be the second ...

NASA is also tracking two other asteroids near Earth today, including a larger bus-sized one called "2025 HR1" that's ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

Psyche has an unusual propulsion system which uses ionized xenon and which gives off a blue glow. These thrusters use tiny amounts of xenon and expel charged atoms to move forwards. While electric ...

Discovered in 2003 by Saanich-based astronomer Dave Balam, the kilometre-wide space rock now officially carries the name of ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped ...