The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be." ...

NASA's DART mission proved we are able to change an asteroid's path by smashing a spacecraft into it, but exactly where we ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned in new research. The giant space rocks are believed ...

X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life.

But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

Despite its hair-raising future proximity, 2025 QV5 is too small to be labeled “potentially hazardous” defined by NASA as ...

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that scientists and engineers are seriously exploring. Why? Because tucked away in our ...

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...