The first dazzling images have been released from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy’s Vera C. Rubin ...

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Asteroids, often overlooked, hold vital clues about our solar system's formation and potential future. Missions like ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

University of Arizona planetary scientist Amy Mainzer, an expert on near-Earth asteroids who wasn’t involved with the study, lauded the team’s “absolutely white-glove” calculations.

Currently, these asteroids are far from Earth and do not present an immediate threat. However, Venus is just 40 million kilometres away from our planet. If the orbits of these asteroids were to shift ...

Astrum. NASA’s First Double Orbiter Changed What We Know About Asteroids. Posted: June 10, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Dawn didn’t just observe Vesta’s giant craters - it mapped the ...

Asteroids range in size from Vesta, the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter, to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across. The total mass of all the asteroids ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.

The sun is the star at the center of our solar system. It's the largest, brightest and most massive object in the solar system, and it provides the light and heat that life on Earth depends on.

Co-orbital asteroids – space rocks that travel alongside planets without fully orbiting them – are notoriously difficult to track. Venus currently hosts 20 known co-orbitals, including "Trojan" ...