A research team from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered new insights into the ...

A Brazilian cosmologist studying near-Earth asteroids wasn't looking for a shortcut to Mars — but he found one anyway.

A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist.NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.

This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.

For a long time, the sun's glare has been hiding a secret — a trio of space rocks with one member that could one day be hazardous to the planet. Of the three asteroids recently discovered by ...

A new publication from Bielefeld University sets a benchmark in optimization research. Together with an international team, Professor Michael Römer from the Faculty of Business Administration and ...

Five massive asteroids will fly near Earth between Wednesday and Sunday, though none are on a trajectory that makes them an imminent planetary threat, according to NASA. Three of the asteroids are the ...

A new study from the University of São Paulo in Brazil said some asteroids orbiting Venus “can pose a collisional hazard to Earth” Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. benmoss ...