The Tianwen-2 mission seeks to reveal how asteroids have formed and what they can tell us about the birth of the solar system China has taken an important step in its space exploration by ...

A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have ...

The Flyeye telescope will soon be transported to Monte Mufara, in Sicily The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newest planetary ...

Scientists have calculated that the moon could harbour precious metals worth an estimated £738billion, following billions of ...

“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only ...

A new study suggests that unidentified "co-orbital asteroids" around Venus may have the capacity to impact our planet in the ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

Astronomers have revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a 50/50 chance of colliding with its massive neighbor, the Andromeda ...

A group of space rocks stays mostly inside the orbit of Earth, making them difficult to pick out in the glare of the sun—and potentially a threat to our planet. The Zwicky Transient Facility's ...

A meteor streaks across the sky and burns up in a flash. Sometimes, a small piece survives the journey through Earth’s ...