A team led by University of Washington astronomers has discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer. The asteroid — found while analyzing data from the NSF–DOE ...

Scientists warn that certain asteroids could become more dangerous upon entering Earth, potentially complicating asteroid ...

At the WCI Summit in November, researchers shared some of the novel techniques that they are using to improve the human ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

With data collected months before its main survey is due to begin, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already upending what we thought we knew about asteroids. In the Main Belt of asteroids between the ...

Fastest-Rotating Rock Known, Larger Than 6 Football Fields, Is Rubin Observatory’s First Discovery In A Nutshell Record ...

Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, have discovered the ...

NASA’s growing focus on asteroids isn’t just about science — it’s about survival. Recent discoveries show how little warning ...

HAPPENING IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAD DEMONSTRATED YOU COULD ACTUALLY DEFLECT AN ASTEROID USING A POWERFUL X RAY BURST. PHYSICIST NATHAN MOORE AND HIS TEAM WITH AN ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Twenty years ago, Congress gave NASA a directive: find 90% of the near-Earth asteroids that could potentially harm our little world. Since then, astronomers have made major progress tracking down the ...