The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...

About 15% of asteroids near Earth have small moons orbiting them, making binary asteroid systems common in our cosmic ...

Astronomy is a passive science. Its practitioners usually earn their livings studying what they are given: light and other forms of radiation emitted by stars and nebulae, sometimes after it has ...

Scientists discussed the threat of asteroids at a recent conference in Phoenix. Here's what they said.

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and dust. These objects move on .

Trojans are the name for asteroids that live in two swarms: one group that orbits ahead and one group that orbits behind the planet Jupiter. Scientists want to know where these space bodies came from ...

NASA defines “city-killer asteroids” as objects roughly 140 m (460 ft) or larger, too small to be easily seen with traditional visible-light telescopes yet large enough to flatten entire metropolitan ...

Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth. By Kenneth Chang Ed Lu wants to save ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astronomers have been surveying the sky for years to catalog and ...