Astronomy often focuses on objects that are vast distances from Earth – stars that are light-years away, galaxies that are ...

REx, NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, ...

Take the asteroids Itokawa and Ryugu. Japan’s space agency (JAXA) confirmed that both are carbon-filled, rubble piles after ...

Simulations of asteroids near Venus reveal gaps in our ability to detect them. Astronomers are investigating a little-known and largely unseen group of asteroids that quietly orbit the sun ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

Celebrate World Asteroid Day 2025 on June 30 by watching a free live stream of near-Earth asteroids courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project.

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.