A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

"In many ways, Odin has become both a pioneer and a teacher — continuing its mission by informing our future endeavors, even ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

Last week, Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but the numbers go up and down every day, according ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" of Earth impact.

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...

February, asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted and originally believed to have a 3.1 per cent of hitting Earth in 2032. Further calculations revealed this was not the case.

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