The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his ...

AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin, which is set to launch next month on a SpaceX rocket.

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

Recent years have seen a significant rise in private investments in space, with institutional investors and family offices ...

On January 2, astronomers identified an object as asteroid 2018 CN41, but later confirmed to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, ...

Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.

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Due to a legal loophole, meteorites should, by default, belong to the finder. However, several archaeologists consider the ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

Five asteroids are expected to make close approaches to Earth this weekend. A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact.