NASA’s asteroid trackers have just watched a school‑bus‑sized space rock make a safe, distant pass by our planet, part of a ...
A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...
Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong ...
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 ...
🚨Record-breaking asteroid spotted by NSF–DOE @VRubinObs 🚨 Using early data from the LSST Camera, astronomers have ...