The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique peanut shape. This came ...

Measuring approximately 120 feet in width, the asteroid will fly by at a velocity of 31,204 km/h, maintaining a safe distance ...

The unusual shapes of the tiny asteroids Dimorphos and Selam have perplexed astronomers for years, but a new study finally explains how they got so strange. It also suggests these bizarrely shaped ...

About 80 asteroids are more than one kilometer (or 0.6 miles) long — big enough to make us go extinct. Lucky for us, a strike from one of these is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

This image provided by The Strong shows 12 finalists being considered for induction into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. Asteroids, Elite, Guitar Hero, Metroid, Myst, Neopets ...

Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time. Here’s why scientists are watching Apophis. A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029.

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Astronomers have revealed new sources of meteorites within the solar system's asteroid belt, helping us understand where potentially hazardous asteroids might also originate.. The researchers ...

The first videos released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal thousands of drifting asteroids, hundreds of thousands of ...

The Rubin Observatory takes advantage of these conditions by aiming the largest digital camera on Earth at the night sky.

Asteroids 'City killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with 'bullet-like' meteors if it hits the moon in 2032. ... (24,000 km/h). The epic impact, which occurred more than 7 million miles ...