Far from being static, binary asteroid systems are surprisingly dynamic. A team led by ...

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...

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

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.

About 15% of asteroids near Earth have small moons orbiting them, making binary asteroid systems common in our cosmic ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 ...

The Rubin Observatory issues rapid alerts for changing celestial objects, enabling global scientists to detect supernovae, asteroids, and variable stars within minutes of observation.