Scientists expect to learn even more about the impact’s aftermath when the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft reaches the asteroids in November. Dimorphos is 525 feet in diameter. Fast-spinning ...

Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth and put on a spectacular show for observers as ...

Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft, but one that comes up more and more often is the need to design against micrometeoroids and orbital debris (MMOD).

A section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used in a January 2025 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is predicted to crash into the moon on August 5. The prediction comes from an independent ...

The Falcon 9's upper stage will hit the Moon at seven times the speed of sound. Details here.

In this image provided by NASA, an impact plume emerges from the asteroid Dimorphos, left, after DART collides into it on Sept. 26, 2022, orbiting the larger asteroid Dimorphos. (NASA/ASI/University ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming ...