Mini-moons are incredibly rare, with only a handful of instances ever recorded, including similar events in 1981 and 2022. After its brief visit, 2024 PT5 is not expected to return until 2055. If you ...

With a hurricane approaching, two high-priority NASA and European missions to an asteroid and Jupiter's moon Europa face delays.

Another reason for the investment in space exploration is that, as potentially the only form of intelligent life in the ...

SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket can return to flight for a mission planned for Monday to launch the European Space ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX has submitted its mishap report into why the second stage from last week’s Cr ...

The FAA has granted approval for the Falcon 9 launch of ESA’s Hera asteroid mission, but is keeping the vehicle grounded for now for other missions.

Hera, the Europe's ESA space mission to study a rogue asteroid that was deflected by NASA, kicks off in early October 2024.

( KTLA) – A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “mini-moon,” the object ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX ...

Liftoff of the ESA/NASA Hera mission is set for Monday, sending a spacecraft on a two year journey to a familiar asteroid ...

LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by Smithsonian Institution entomologist Ted ...