Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and ...

Starlink satellites are at risk if a “city killer” asteroid crashes into the Moon, experts have warned. The European Space ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could harbor life in its hidden underground ocean – yet Titan's entire aquatic biosphere may ...

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

There might be more than $1 trillion worth of platinum deposits on the moon, according to a paper published in the journal ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

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

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Hubble's data points to a slow inward drift of dust from Uranus' distant irregular moons, which orbit between 2.5 to 13 million miles (4 to 20 million kilometers) from the planet.