As asteroid the size of a house will pass within just 57,000 miles (92,000 kilometers) of Earth today. That’s less than a quarter of the average distance between our planet and the Moon. Don’t worry, ...

NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some awesome pictures on the way.

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life. To ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the solar system.

NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments.

A 13-year-old student from London, Ontario, has won one of the highest awards at the Canada-Wide Science Fair after creating ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars in a precision flyby that helped catapult it deeper into space toward its ultimate target: the bizarre metal-rich asteroid Psyche. During the encounter, it ...

NASA Psyche spacecraft Mars images from the May 15 gravity-assist flyby are now fully released, confirming all four science ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...