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

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

Several companies are already developing solutions to mine asteroids in space, as they contain many useful elements, such as water and gold.

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

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

Croatia's Infobip and the European Space Agency have joined forces to improve an asteroid impact warning system via real-time ...

Europe could one day start mining in space. In September 2025, the European Commission released its annual Foresight Report, highlighting, among other points, how growing competition for critical ...

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

In Madison and nearby southeast Missouri counties, William Jud, a Fredericktown geologist, may have identified a buried ...