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

Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter contains ancient, ice-covered rocks that may have delivered much of Earth’s water ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The near-Earth asteroid 2025 TF (red crosshairs) came about as close to Earth as the ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --International space agencies say an asteroid zipped by Earth closer than a large number of satellites currently in orbit, but was not detected until hours later. The European Space ...

On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass safely at a distance of about 32,000 kilometers above Earth's surface, within the geostationary orbit, posing no threat to the planet. This ...

Observing 3I/ATLAS in this active phase will give some of the clearest insights yet into the mystery of interstellar comets. The European Space Agency is making use of spacecraft designed for Mars and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On June 30, 1908, an asteroid caused a massive air blast that flattened thousands of square miles in Siberia. To mark the 110 year anniversary of ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A recent study introduces a potential new candidate, dubbed Planet Y, inferred from the tilted orbits of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune, CNN ...