Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever observed after 1I/‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. In recent weeks, its approach sparked enormous curiosity, not only among professional astronomers but ...

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak with the arrival of a new moon, providing an excellent opportunity to see shooting stars without ...

Asteroids sharing Venus's orbit are nearly invisible due to the Sun's glare Some of these asteroids could intersect Earth's path within a few thousand years Asteroids about 300 metres wide could cause ...

Moving at 18,073 miles per hour (29,080 km/h), this fast-moving asteroid has captured the attention ... of continuously monitoring near-Earth objects (NEOs). Observing such asteroids allows scientists ...

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, ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report issued this week in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Asteroids may be wondrous windows into the history of the cosmos ...

Two plane-sized asteroids will rocket past Earth today at speeds of up to 28,000 mph, according to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The two asteroids, 2025 QB5 and 2025 QK3, will pass within 2.81 ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a mysterious Planet Nine. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang visited the Vera C. Rubin ...