After checking its trajectory against at giant database of objects maintained by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A model of the inner Solar System showing the asteroids discovered by Rubin in light teal.

Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, will approach Earth within the next two days. On Wednesday, March 25, the asteroids, the size of a car, an airplane, and two more the size of buses, ...

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the Solar System: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They’re time capsules, preserving clues about what the ...

More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...

She’s worried about the a-rock-alypse. A planetary defense expert is warning that humanity is defenseless against up to 15,000 undetected near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to take out a ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites ...

Asteroids contain large quantities of both precious and common metals, and despite the obvious challenges in reaching them, a few startups say these celestial bodies could offer a sustainable ...

Asteroid Itokawa, pictured here, is a “rubble pile,” a loose conglomeration of rocks held together by mutual gravity. New research suggests it is possible to determine the internal character of ...

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 ...

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 ...