For NASA, sending a crewed mission to Mars has been the long-term goal for over two decades. China has joined the club in ...

Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

Robert Lee Hotz covered new research and its impact on society for The Wall Street Journal.

In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury, on its way to Ceres Station, investigate a distress call from an unknown derelict ship, the Scopuli. While ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space ...

“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...