Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

In a landmark moment for modern astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first-ever test images, and they’re ...

When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ...

The observatory aims to map the night sky over a decade, potentially discovering millions of asteroids and billions of ...

Psyche, spanning 173 miles (280 km) at its widest, stands out in the asteroid belt. Long thought to be the exposed metallic ...

High in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, something extraordinary is happening. Perched on the peak of Cerro Pachón at ...

If you've ever looked at historical photographs from NASA or images of satellites, then you've noticed they're wrapped in a ...

Initial sightings of Asteroid 2032 YR4 were tricky, but tracking has gotten better, helping us understand its path. New data, ...

The widely anticipated first images collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released, offering nothing short of ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

There are thousands of asteroids flying around the inner solar system, and every couple of weeks or so one of them might be seen passing closer to our planet than the distance between us and the ...