Asteroids hovering between Mars and Jupiter could be mined for key resources such as metals and fuel.

Two plane-sized asteroids and another house-sized one will zip past the Earth today, and more are expected later in the week.

Could this Soviet-era spacecraft be pretending to be a "dark comet?" The post Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is ...

China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission is well on its way to its target, an asteroid called Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft left Earth in May 2025 and should return in late 2027 with samples of a space ...

Tianwen-2 asteroid orbit insertion at quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa is set for June 7, days away, after amateur radio teams in ...

A study challenges the lunar origin of the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and points to a different and surprising origin.

Summer arrives this month and with it come long, sweltering days along with all-too-brief nights. But if you can dodge the fireflies and stock up on mosquito repellent, there’s still stargazing to be ...

The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s ...

More than 36,000 near-Earth asteroids have been discovered, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. The ...

How big of an asteroid does it take to damage cities, states, countries, and the planet? On the fourth-annual World Asteroid Day (Saturday, June 30), we take a look at estimates from NASA, Purdue ...