Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...
A 12-year-old student from London, Ontario has made headlines after spotting two potential new asteroids, an extraordinary ...
Asteroid 2025 SC79 is the size of a skyscraper and moves around the solar system at a record-breaking speed. Astronomers ...
Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...
These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...
Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?
If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...
A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...
An international study led by researchers at San Paulo State University have identified a population of asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth. “Our study shows that there’s a population of ...
“Our study shows that there’s a population of potentially dangerous asteroids that we can’t detect with current telescopes,” Valerio Carruba, an astronomer at the UNESP School of Engineering said.