NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...

Space is bustling with rocks and dust, and occasionally, larger asteroids capture public attention. One such asteroid, 2023 ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

First light for the innovative new instrument is anticipated in 2028. Spectre — once operational — will play a key role in ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Another asteroid zoomed near Earth's vicinity the next day. An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over ...

While the James Webb Space Telescope provides a window into the ancient universe, SkyMapper focuses on the present by ...

The space rock, known as “2026 AJ” and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling towards our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.