Asteroid 2025 TP5 flew about ~60,000 miles (97,000 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 17 meters in diameter (~55 ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) orbit is a bit strange. Unlike the legendary Hubble telescope, which circles Earth, JWST will orbit the sun. But as this animation from NASA's Goddard Space ...

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by the ATLAS survey on the day it struck Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation: ...

Asteroid 2024 BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited ...

Black holes continue to amaze us for an endless number of reasons. The celestial objects are furious feasters of gas and they send ripples through the fabric of spacetime. Now, in another ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new animation released ahead of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch shows how it'll go from takeoff to orbit if all goes according to plan. Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful ...

The CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 700 kilometres in a Sun-synchronous orbit that travels above the day-night terminator; such a ...