Latest about Asteroid & Comet Missions
NASA's LUCY mission snaps its asteroid targets for the 1st time
NASA's LUCY asteroid-hopping mission has for the first time spotted four of its asteroid targets which it will visit from 2027 onwards and send those images back to Earth.
NASA wants fleet of spacecraft to watch infamous Apophis asteroid approach Earth: report
The Apophis asteroid, recently cleared of imminent wrongdoing to Earth, already has one spacecraft visitor expected. NASA wants industry to send more.
NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission revealed how battered space rock Dimorphos formed
Observations by NASA's DART spacecraft suggest that the asteroid Dimorphos formed from material flung into space by its spinning asteroid partner, Didymos.
Here's what we've learned from NASA's DART asteroid-slamming mission so far
NASA's DART mission, an attempt to discover if a spacecraft impact can shift an asteroid away from a collision course with Earth, has been described as a "smashing success."
NASA prepping for September arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
As OSIRIS-REx flies its return trajectory through space, teams on Earth are preparing for the sample's Sept. 24 landing in the Utah desert.
'65' star Adam Driver asks NASA about the asteroid threat to Earth (video)
Adam Driver, star of the new movie "65," quizzed NASA about the dangers of asteroids and the success of the DART mission.
DART mission reveals asteroid Dimorphos is dry as a bone
Careful scrutiny of the debris from the impact of NASA's DART mission into Dimorphos has not found any evidence for water ice on the asteroid, nor the residue of thruster fuel from the spacecraft.
NASA asteroid sample return mission to land on U.S. postage stamp
The USPS dropped news of a surprise space stamp, revealing it plans to mark the upcoming plunge to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid.
