The discovery of quasi-moon PN7 has caused a stir on social media. A University of Oregon astronomy professor explains. what ...
The mysterious interstellar object 3I/Atlas will pass by Earth on October 29, and scientists explain what it means and whether it’s safe.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly ...
A YouTube channel has recently released a video that aims to compare a wide range of asteroids. The smallest starts at just ...
China’s Chang’e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon last year, made a fascinating ...
A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...
A 12-year-old student from London, Ontario has made headlines after spotting two potential new asteroids, an extraordinary ...
When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in October 2026, it won't just be peering into the distant universe to study dark energy and exoplanets. This powerful observatory will also ...
Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has experienced collisions. The findings, ...
An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...