NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2022 YS5 will pass by Earth on 17 July. Measuring about 120 feet wide, it's roughly the size ...

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: ...

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special asteroid bonus.

In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...