UK lawmakers have learned there is no international protocol for making decisions over how to respond to a prospective ...

A COLOSSAL asteroid on a collision course with the Moon could damage thousands of satellites and send shrapnel blasting ...

Only one of the known Venus co-orbital asteroids follows a nearly circular orbit; the others move on more elongated paths ...

The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...

The Rubin Observatory takes advantage of these conditions by aiming the largest digital camera on Earth at the night sky.

While about 20,000 previously unknown asteroids are discovered every year by telescopes around the world and spacecraft in ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

Earlier this year, a “city killer” asteroid made headlines for its slim chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA now says that ...

According to a new study, a Moon strike by asteroid 2024 YR4 could create a debris cloud weighing more 100,000,000kg – 10 per ...