Each December, the Geminids meteor shower paints the sky with spectacular streaks of light. The source of this stunning ...

A team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny asteroids in JWST date — including the smallest ever seen in the main belt ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned in new research. The giant space rocks are believed ...

Experts say Venus is hiding some asteroids that could potentially be deadly should they impact Earth. Venus currently has at least 20 co-orbital asteroids that have the potential to “approach the ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks" in exoplanetary systems.

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

(CNN) — Asteroids contain large quantities of both precious and common metals, and despite the obvious challenges in reaching them, a few startups say these celestial bodies could offer a sustainable ...