The mission will focus on solving the mystery of the Gruithuisen Domes which were first discovered in the 1800s.
The space rock has a higher probability of an impact than any other asteroid we've seen in recent years.
Scientists have found the building blocks of life in samples collected from the asteroid by a spacecraft.
The Moon is seen as a 'stepping stone' to sending humans to Mars - but could we realistically skip it ?
The object - a type of spinning star known as a pulsar - is rotating more slowly than anyone thought possible.
Scientists now believe that our solar system may have once been visited by something very large indeed.
Security camera footage captured the moment a meteorite slammed into the ground outside a home in Canada.
Dark energy is thought to be responsible for the universe's accelerating expansion, but what if it isn't ?
The ring, which was described as 'red and hot' at the time, crashed into Kenya's Mukuku village on December 30th.
Back in 2007, astronomers picked up an intense burst of energy that would spark a mystery that endures to this day.
From landing on the Moon to surveying the cosmos - there are plenty of new missions on this year's slate.
The probe is spending Christmas Eve attempting to fly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft in history.
Exactly how massive elliptical galaxies form had remained a major and enduring conundrum for many years.
The Red Planet is a long way away from the Earth, but the challenges are not insurmountable.
It looks as though we're going to be waiting a little bit longer to see humans walking on the surface of the Moon.
New research has highlighted a place on Mars where we could still potentially find primitive alien life forms.
There are rumors that the future of NASA's Space Launch System could be under threat.
Scientists were amazed to discover microbial life in samples that had been returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu.
Our universe would seem to be perfectly tuned to support life, but some scientists argue that this is not the case.
The clandestine vehicle has been in space for almost a year on its latest mysterious mission.