Exploration Labs has announced plans for a groundbreaking mission set to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis before its potentially hazardous encounter with Earth. In a bold move toward space exploration,…
After a seven-year interstellar journey, a NASA space capsule carrying the most substantial soil sample ever procured from an asteroid’s surface has safely landed in the Utah desert. After a…
The development of defence technology is a crucial initiative to support the creation of a community with a shared future for mankind in space, said Chen. China is considering conducting…
The robotic spacecraft will first orbit the asteroid before making a close approach in order to use a mechanical arm to collect dust from its surface. The Lunar Exploration and…
Astronomers claim that DART has successfully done both mission, demonstrating that a “kinetic impactor” like DART is a “viable technique to potentially defend Earth if necessary. The Double Asteroid Redirection…
AstroForge seeks to capitalize on the rapidly evolving state of the spaceflight industry and become the first firm to mine for metals in deep space. AstroForge has announced an ambitious…
According to its annual work report, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., the country’s top space contractor, has more than 50 launch missions scheduled for 2023. China intends to conduct…
A 2.5-kilometer-wide asteroid blasted into the supercontinent of Pangaea on the eastern border of present-day Wyoming some 280 million years ago, before the birth of the Rocky Mountains-or even the…
A newly discovered asteroid half the size of a football field is set to make a near-Earth pass next month, posing no threat to the planet, the Purple Mountain Observatory…
NASA is tracking a huge asteroids twice as big as the Great Pyramid of Giza which is expected to come into contact with Earth’s orbit next month. The space rock…
Early Sunday morning (Aug. 16), the car-sized 2020 QG zoomed just 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above the Indian Ocean, making the closest known flyby by an asteroid that didn’t end…
NASA may have updated its plan to protect the planet from Giant asteroid strikes, but a space rock the size of a pickup truck zipped past the planet at a…