Event: Small asteroid 2023 CX1 lost 98% of kinetic energy in a fraction of a second when it entered Earth's atmosphere on ...

These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter is an enormous ring of space rocks. The region, known as the asteroid belt, is home to an ...

Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.

Astronomers warn of hidden asteroids near Venus that evade detection, with some capable of crossing Earth’s orbit and posing ...

Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun and were typically formed during the solar system's development ...

Learn more about the Quasi-moons and mini-moons that sometimes get caught in our orbit and how they could offer mining ...

NASA confirms four near-Earth asteroids will pass Earth safely, measuring from bus to house-sized, with no impact risk on 5th ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.