A 12-year-old student from London, Ontario has made headlines after spotting two potential new asteroids, an extraordinary ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, and raised hopes that a space rock could be deflected from a collision ...

Samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s far side have unveiled moon dust containing a rare pre-solar ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...

Researchers at the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have discovered a population of asteroids that could pose a very serious threat to Earth.

The use of nuclear weapons to drive off asteroids has often been used in science fiction, but real-world scientists have often touted the idea of a nuclear asteroid deterrent as a horrible idea. Now, ...

New research finds why some asteroids have weird, watermelon-shaped moons trapped in orbit around them, contrary to what typical asteroid formation theories predict. When you purchase through links on ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth. By Kenneth Chang Ed Lu wants to save ...

On International Asteroid Day in 2019, a group of research institutions launched a program that could make a deep impact on our knowledge of the diminutive bodies. Using citizen science to train a ...