Resonance occurs when asteroids appear to move at the same, or a multiple of, the orbit speed of another external object—in ...

Until then, there are plenty more asteroids, even in the Pallas family, to study with as many spectral wavelengths as we can. As we begin to move out into the solar system, such work will become even ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...

After its launch, the NEO Surveyor will be able to spot about 90 percent of asteroids and comets that ... the size and composition of these fast-moving objects. “We’re looking for near-Earth ...

"Asteroids come in all sizes," says Michael ... of light against other points of lights that are stars, except it's moving," says Kelly Fast, Nasa's acting planetary defence officer, "and it's ...