A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

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S cientists had high hopes for the sample of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe. The actual findings ...

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The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...

Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, even before its official opening, has identified over 2,100 new asteroids. This powerful telescope is poised to revolutionize our understanding of the solar ...

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on December 22 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this probability ...