Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers were busy in 2025, starting the year off by tracking an asteroid that put Earth on alert, followed by discoveries in ...

On Thursday night, a Japanese spacecraft will try to fire a bullet at a giant rock in space. If it succeeds, it could help advance understanding of how our planet formed in the early solar system. In ...

On December 6, 2020, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped off pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback, becoming the world’s second asteroid sample return mission, after the first ...

The asteroid is of a similar size as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Japan's space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth next month. The Hayabusa-2 ...

The Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s rocky surface. February 21st, 2019, the Japanese space agency’s ...

Almost a year ago, the space science community watched as an asteroid entered Earth's orbit and circled above our heads for almost two months before departing. Scientists usually track such asteroids ...

From astronauts circling the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration. Governments and private companies alike are ...