Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Scientists say a new 'city-destroying' asteroid has a higher chance of hitting Earth than they first thought. NASA found a ...

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

Did you know that the current CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has peaked in the last million years? A further ...

The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth seems to be creeping up as astronomers gather more data, but does that mean we ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by ...