Latest about Asteroid & Comet Missions
Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029
ESA is preparing a mission to study and land on asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with Earth in 2029. NASA is also looking into a possible Apophis effort but faces funding issues.
Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid
There's an issue with the fuel line that feeds the Psyche asteroid probe's thrusters with xenon gas. But we needn't worry yet, NASA says.
Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
The Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids is currently cruising through the Asteroid Belt, and will fly close to asteroid Donaldjohanson in April.
Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago
NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft's archives to celebrate the late space telescope's long and productive scientific life.
Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 after visiting, but new analysis shows this temporary "second moon" may come from our original moon and, thus, from Earth itself.
Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
The moon is getting smaller in the window.
NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
NEOWISE spent nearly 15 years in space across two missions.
