On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.

NOT JUST ANY IMPACT The Earth sweeps up hundreds of tonnes of material from space on each pass around the Sun. This is comprised of mostly dust, a few larger meteoroids, and even an asteroid once ...

Asteroid hits Mars, digs new crater Space rocks slam into Mars about 200 times a year, and a camera on a NASA satellite now shows what a fresh impact looks like.

They analyzed light recorded from one of the moons by the Mars Global Surveyor mission that orbited the planet in 1997. They then compared that analysis with a similar look at a meteorite known to ...

Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a one-in-75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday in Los Angeles.

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

A conjunction between a crescent moon and Mars joins an ongoing display of 'shooting stars,' making July 28 one of the best ...

The asteroid or comet would have been larger than Pluto, or about 2,000 kilometres across, say the scientists, who released the results along with an image showing the upper chunk of Mars being ...