Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is speeding towards the Earth at more than 22,600 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what you’ll need to catch a glimpse. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaks across ...