Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

They use a process of identifying linear paths in the night sky to confirm objects and track their orbits. But Fuls said ... when covering new discoveries of asteroids. “NASA really worked ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents.

Countless asteroids in our solar system, some close, some far — but did you know that some of these space rocks have names?

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...