An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research ...

By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny ...

The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as ...

Researchers were able to discover over 100 small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. These asteroids, ranging from the size ...

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to ...

Two asteroids pass Earth by close distance and that is why they are termed 'near misses'. Scientists decline any potential ...

Space enthusiasts are in for a major cosmic event on Friday as NASA said that two aeroplane-sized asteroids -- 2024 XW15 and ...

Three asteroids, 2018 XU3, 2024 XZ11, and 2024 XL11, will safely pass Earth on December 11, 2024. NASA scientists are ...

Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...

For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...

For most astronomers, asteroids are sort of seen as the vermin of the sky, in the sense that they just cross your field of ...

NASA has announced the discovery of seven astronomical objects that come in two flavors; they look like asteroids but ...