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

But Rubin’s early data is confounding. Among the newly discovered asteroids, researchers identified 76 with reliable spin ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

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