A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...

The newly discovered "twilight" asteroid, 2025 SC79, was obscured by the sun's glare until an astronomer pointed the Dark ...

If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

Flashes of light seen in the sky in old astronomical photographs may reveal the presence of reflective, satellite-like ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

To keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle. At the National Solar Thermal Test Facility ...