From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

By combining Gaia’s massive asteroid dataset with AI modeling, scientists discovered that asteroid rotation depends on how ...

These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...

Asteroids might seem like peaceful drifters suspended in space, but they’re really disturbed, spinning and tumbling in ...

Earth is apparently at risk from nearly invisible asteroids around Venus. Latest research suggests that some asteroids ...

Researchers at the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have discovered a population of asteroids that could pose a very ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

NASA confirms four near-Earth asteroids will pass Earth safely, measuring from bus to house-sized, with no impact risk on 5th ...

Instead, they’re much closer, in resonance with Venus. But they’re so difficult to observe that they remain invisible, even ...

Could Earth be in danger from asteroids we can’t even see? Scientists have identified a hidden population of asteroids ...

The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more ...

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