In our solar system, thousands of asteroids orbit dangerously close to Earth, known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Among them, one asteroid has sparked significant concern: Apophis. This massive ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.

A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

NASA has released new detailed images revealing a full-frame view of the peculiarly shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson.

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft made a pivotal encounter with the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. Capturing high-resolution images ...

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...