The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...

Scientists all over the world are celebrating because of a discovery made by a telescope's camera built in the Bay Area.

Good things don’t come in threes. Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike Earth in weeks without warning, potentially wreaking havoc upon our planet before we can ...

One significant threat to life here on Earth is the possibility that a massive asteroid will collide with our planet and destroy life as we know it. To understand the possibilities, large surveys of ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

Two near-Earth asteroids are set to pass close to our planet tomorrow, January 17, 2025. These space rocks, named 2025 AO2 and 2024 YF2, are travelling at extraordinary speeds and will make their ...