NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

NASA's $1.4 billion NEO Surveyor space telescope is designed to spot and track potentially hazardous asteroids, offering ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but the moon may still ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered a hidden population of over 100 new asteroids in the main asteroid belt, located between Jupiter and Mars. Among them, a few are on trajectories ...

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Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids, large enough to cause damage, could be in space. Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." The next stop for NASA's asteroid-hopping spacecraft ...

"These objects really could be anywhere in the solar system at any given time." One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking ...

There is a nonzero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment, careening down a ...

Anne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, will soon be working with NASA to take a closer look at Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Verbiscer is one of eight ...

PASADENA, Calif. — After NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, the space agency is gearing up for another project: a spacecraft targeting asteroids.

NASA is tracking a car-sized asteroid that's soaring past Earth today at around 15,000 miles per hour. Estimated to measure around 12 feet across, the asteroid known as "2025 DQ" is expected to ...