Jackson Barnes, a graduate student at Michigan State University, created a simulation that reproduces the objects "naturally with gravitational collapse" ...

For a brief time, "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped PMR 1 "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final ...

Initially, much uncertainty surrounded the flight path of the space rock known as 2024 YR4, a small asteroid that has ...

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022, it altered both Dimorphos' orbit around its ...

NASA says an impact from its DART spacecraft changed the orbit of an asteroid for the first time ever, offering hope for planetary defense.

Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have joined forces to produce a stunning new image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the most visually complex objects in the known universe. The ...

Systematic human inspection of the millions of source cutouts in the Hubble Legacy Archive is impossible – but artificial ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon in 2032! New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that the object will pass safely at a distance of more than 20 000 ...

A new study shows that, not only did the agency’s 2022 DART mission shift the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos, it also changed the path of its parent asteroid around the sun.

A 2022 NASA mission changed the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its companion. New data shows their joint orbit around ...