The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...

Two new studies show that the majority of meteorites originate from just one family of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...

NASA has created a contingency plan to protect Earth from large asteroids, which includes the use of nuclear explosions as a ...

A spacecraft shot stunning photographs of Earth from nearly one million miles away on its route to a pulverized asteroid. The ...

In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid to test a planetary defense system — could the impact ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of ...

A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched ...

Our planet’s surface is littered with debris from the skies — and researchers have found that most come from only a few ...

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed ...

A new opportunity for the future of space exploration and industry has emerged: asteroid mining. While astronomers recently ...

The Hera spacecraft, which took flight late Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.