The UAE is developing a space craft to land on an asteroid belt beyond Mars. In the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and ...

The lander is part of the larger mission to the asteroid belt The lander, designed to study the asteroid Justitia, will be part of the larger EMA initiative, which spans a 13-year mission to ...

Dubai's Crown Prince on Thursday witnessed the signing of an agreement to develop the lander for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA). The Technology Innovation Institute (TII ...

"It's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter-million miles away from the Earth. So something 7.6 million miles out would be many, many ...

The massive asteroid (887) "Alinda" has made its closest approach to Earth in decades and is set to reach peak brightness in a rare and once-in-a-decade event. The event can be observed this ...

(Picture: Eyes on Asteroids/NASA / SWNS) Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually flying by Earth.