Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and would easily take out a major city, causing cataclysmic disaster that ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...

If you want to know about Hera, a satellite hurtling through deep space toward two asteroids, you can just ask it. “My mission is to study the aftermath of NASA’s DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos ...

International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case ...

A cluster of asteroids co-orbiting with Venus has captured the attention of astronomers due to their unpredictable trajectories, which could potentially intersect with Earth's orbit over extended ...

Astronomers are making a surprising breakthrough in the study of Venus, as new simulations suggest there may be a hidden ...

Only one of the known Venus co-orbital asteroids follows a nearly circular orbit; the others move on more elongated paths ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent asteroid target Bennu.

Then a dawn‑sky survey spotted something unexpected: asteroids sharing Venus’s average orbit but drifting into horseshoe loops that cross Earth’s path every few millennia. NASA confirmed the ...

According to X, the former world No. 1s are some of the most popular public figures on the platform, boasting nearly 12 million combined followers, and that Serena Williams -- named to TIME magazine’s ...