The finds come from the Rubin Observatory. which is expected will eventually reveal nearly 90,000 new near-Earth objects.

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of ...

Solar System is revealing NEOs and TNOs, turning space into cosmic peekaboo.

More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...

Scientists at the Rubin Observatory have identified nearly 11,000 asteroids, including hundreds beyond Neptune and 33 ...

Asteroids sometimes exhibit unexpected behaviors. Recent images show that some of them gently exchange fragments in a slow cosmic waltz. In 2022, the DART spacecraft deliberately impacted ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous choreography around a glowing furnace, melting rocks to produce lava. The task ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered that the target asteroid of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

The hunt is on. A group of scientists has banded together to build the world’s first privately funded deep-space telescope, to hunt for asteroids that could pose a major threat to Earth. The private ...

Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports three asteroids will safely pass Earth on April 7, 2026. Asteroids such as 2011 FT9, ...