HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space ...

A new equation using gravitational light bending enhances asteroid detection, improving defenses against potential impacts, ...

Before you panic about our impending doom, there's good news - a scientist from the University of Murcia has come up with an equation to spot killer asteroids heading for our planet.

"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...

These objects include those in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune’s orbit filled with icy bodies like Pluto ... more ...

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to ...

For a brief moment, Earth has been graced by a second moon—asteroid 2024 PT5—a celestial visitor that won’t be staying long.

NASA plans to probe a unique asteroid 2.2 billion miles away in order to learn more about the cores of planets, but it could ...

The Hayabusa2 mission brought dust from the asteroid Ryugu back to Earth in 2020 ... approximately 93 million miles), asteroids are mainly found in regions further from the Sun, notably in the "main ...

Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

This “farthest away” point is known as the planet’s greatest elongation. Since Mercury is in the evening sky, it is east of ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...