Elon Musk has issued a warning for the public after a giant asteroid made a close approach to our planet. Reacting to ...

Comet A3 is just becoming visible in the sky and over the next few weeks will put on a show that's easy for family viewing. David Zura speaks with an academic astronomer.

On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE" became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet. Originally ...

EARTH could collide with its deadly cosmic neighbour, Apophis, an asteroid 1,100ft (335m) wide, should a rare chain event occur, according to a new study. Though it would be a one in a billion ...

The BepiColombo Mercury probe made a flyby of its ultimate destination on Wednesday ... created by large asteroid or comet ...

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

A joint European-Japanese spacecraft has made its closest flyby of Mercury yet, offering new snapshots of the rocky planet’s ...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing ...

The two Janus spacecraft could have second lives — fitting for a mission named after the Roman god of duality.

Earth is about to acquire a new "mini moon," according to astronomers. But don't worry—2024 PT5 isn't looking for anything ...