Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...

Despite an initially dismal forecast, SpaceX got a break in the weather to send Europe's Hera asteroid probe on its way.

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, ...

From rockets to satellites to space tourism, if you do business in space, SpaceX is coming to take your profits.

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday. The FAA cleared ...

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a €360m mission to perform a close-up “crash-scene” investigation of the 150 m-diameter asteroid Dimorphos, which was purposely hit by a NASA probe in 2022 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow's World. Responding to the escalating threats from climate change, ...

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

NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.

A Belfast-based astronomer is to take part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ward ...