A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of exoplanets, all through ...

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Co-orbital asteroids – space rocks that travel alongside planets without fully orbiting them – are notoriously difficult to ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which ...

Recently it discovered the first known asteroid to live entirely inside the orbit of Venus. A mysterious group of asteroids grazes the heart of the solar system, hiding in sunlight and ...

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated one million Near Earth Objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

Hollywood has taught us to fear giant 'planet killer' asteroids, but it's the smaller space rocks that could destroy an entire city. Thankfully, a NASA scientist is on the case, with the job of ...

“Twenty co-orbital asteroids [space rocks in the orbit of two celestial bodies] of Venus are currently known,” the authors warned in the arockcalyptic study, which was published in the journal ...