The primitive asteroids that UCF physics doctoral student Brittany Harvison studies carry with them traces of their origins and billions of years of our solar system's history. Harvison pored through ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites ...

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to track their orbits more precisely. Taking into account a phenomenon first ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hundreds of asteroids in our solar system have a secret moon, a ...

An asteroid the size of a sports stadium was hurdling towards the Earth this week and will be joined by four other celestial near-misses, with the largest expected to pass within less than 2 million ...

A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted ...

‘Small’ asteroids the size of buses or stadiums have been pinpointed between Mars and Jupiter for the first time. Scientists used a new method of tracking the space rocks, which could one day save us ...

NASA experts are raising alarms about the growing threat posed bynear-Earth asteroids, with some of these objects having the potential to cause devastating damage to cities. While some large asteroids ...

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the Solar System: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They’re time capsules, preserving clues about what the ...

International Asteroid Day is nigh. Held every June 30, the occasion marks what is thought to be the biggest asteroid impact ...