Despite its hair-raising future proximity, 2025 QV5 is too small to be labeled “potentially hazardous” defined by NASA as ...

If the project is successful, China will become the second country – after space rival US – to alter an asteroid’s orbit.

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

Two very different asteroid families may share the same ancient roots, linked by a rare mineral fingerprint and revealed ...

X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life.

Many places on our planet are rich in natural resources – take Australia’s iron ore, and Brazil’s gold and uranium, for ...

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

Astronomy Solar System Asteroids Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site images 2 faint space rocks to boost planetary defense tactics News By Keith Cooper published August 8, 2025 ...

Asteroid 2025 PM2, about 190 feet wide and travelling over 41,000 miles per hour, will make its closest pass by Earth on 27 ...

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

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

Space isn’t just wonder—it’s danger. From killer asteroids to deadly gamma-ray bursts, scientists say cosmic disasters could ...