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

NASA is tracking a massive asteroid headed towards Earth named 2021 R16, which will come remarkably close to our planet as it ...

Could Earth be in danger from asteroids we can’t even see? Scientists have identified a hidden population of asteroids ...

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

Because the known Venus co-orbitals have strong eccentricity, they can move farther away from Venus and closer to Earth, thus becoming easier to see in our sky at twilight, when the Sun is below the ...

According to NASA, “Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space ...

Fleet Space Technologies, Australia’s leading space exploration company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ExLabs ...

The asteroid's neck, or "collum," — which joins the two lobes — has been named Windover. The name comes from the Windover ...

But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...