Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time. Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic conditions ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" is also making a close pass, traveling at 19,260 miles per hour and reaching ...

When any item—whether space rock or space junk—enters the atmosphere, scientists try to track its path to estimate where it will land. Will the item in question plunk straight down ...

But this close approach allows for observations, and the team at The Virtual Telescope Project have got a livestream to share the space rock with everyone who might not have had the right ...

Now, a new asteroid is in town. The space rock, called Asteroid 2025 FA22, has been placed at number three on the risk list by the European Space Agency (ESA) for "possible impact" with Earth in ...

including geological formations like Skull Rock, helps provide clues about the Red Planet's mysterious past. Ariana is the assistant news editor of Chron. Her stories focus on space, wildlife ...

"These small body populations are really key to figuring that out," he told Space.com. "That's the whole ... in northern Ethiopia in 1974. Like a rock and roll band excursion, the Lucy spacecraft ...

Jessica Frick wants to build furnaces in space. Her company, California-based Astral Materials, is designing machines that can grow valuable materials in orbit that could be used in medicine ...

Space is getting increasingly crowded and experts are sounding the alarm. In a report, the European Space Agency said around 1,200 pieces of rocket and satellite debris fell back to Earth last year.

A space career field for enlisted soldiers is coming to the Army as the U.S. builds up its space-based capabilities. The Army is planning for about 900 40D space operations specialists who would ...

The Oracle-M spacecraft are specifically designed to track objects in cislunar space, the vast region between Earth and the moon. The U.S. Space Force tested new thrusters designed for satellites ...