Astronomers expect 2024 JF to make its closest approach at 8:04 p.m. ET tonight (1204 GMT on Tuesday). It will be followed by ...

More than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system had been overlooked in existing telescope images — but thanks to a new ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a giant cloud of gas and dust. As this cloud collapsed under its gravity, likely prompted by a nearby supernova explosion, it flattened into a ...

Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech that could potentially stave ...

There's an astronomical number of asteroids hanging around Earth, and it's important to spot them before they get too close.

While the mission, courtesy of a company called AstroForge, ran into problems, it’s part of a new wave of would-be asteroid miners hoping to cash in on cosmic resources. Potential applications of ...

Scientists discovered 27,500 asteroids using Google Cloud and a new algorithm, THOR, enhancing Earth's defense capabilities.

Just as the Kepler Space Telescope made it clear a decade ago that galaxies are filled with planets — including many that don ...

Although small asteroids on collision courses with Earth are typically detected only when they crash into the atmosphere, scientists spotted this one roughly three hours before impact. That's not ...

Many asteroids can be traced back to their parent body – the planet or moon they broke off from. But for the first time, ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to identify asteroids that could destroy entire cities on Earth, finding 27,500 newly ...