The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...

Over 100 new asteroids were found which are much smaller than the 1km wide ones we could previously spot – but still big ...

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

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

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

Six asteroids, including one deemed a "near-miss," are set to pass unusually close to Earth, putting the planet in the firing ...

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

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

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

Until now, only objects with a diameter of at least several hundred meters were known in the asteroid belt; most of them were ...

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