Unistellar's citizen scientists are using their smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense, research and observational astronomy.

ESA's Gaia mission has determined he orbits of 154,741 asteroids in our solar system. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC ...

The space rock is hurtling toward the Earth at a zippy 8,478 miles per hour miles per hour, according to the space agency.

New research suggests another connection, one between these two asteroids and a possible Venusian meteor shower. If this is ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory, boasting the world's largest digital camera, has discovered a mountain-sized asteroid, 2025 ...

The worlds of science and education come together at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana, which honors the ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

SpaceX’s Starlink has developed a unique Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system dubbed Stargaze. Elon Musk, in his tweet, ...