MILL VALLEY, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2024 — Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, and Google Cloud today announced the most significant results of their partnership to date ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

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

Millions of asteroids are floating around in space. Find out what you know about these relics of our solar system. (Jungmin Ryu for The Washington Post) Warning: This ...

The smaller of the pair was spotted only this month and could be visible with binoculars as it passes by our planet within the distance to the moon. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews ...

Hundreds of asteroids in our solar system have a secret moon, a European Space Agency spacecraft has discovered. ESA's Gaia mission, which is designed to map the stars in our Milky Way galaxy in ...

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...

There are well over a million asteroids in the solar system. Most don't cross paths with Earth, but some do and there's a risk one of these will collide with our planet. Taking a census of nearby ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...