NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

One of the recipients honored is Dave Samuels, left in this 2012 photo with other citizen scientists who established the first CAMS station at Fremont Peak Observatory (FPO) in California. Dave has ...

NASA has named 27 asteroids after Black, Hispanic and Native American astronauts and a cosmonaut to recognize their significant contributions to “expand our horizons beyond Earth and to inspire the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may look like Earth’s twin, but Venus is keeping secrets. New research suggests that dozens—possibly hundreds—of asteroids are ...

Amid the millions of distant stars and galaxies captured in the first images released from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are thousands of never-before-seen asteroids whizzing around the solar system.

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 ...

Earth's most dangerous asteroids might not be speeding in from deep space — they could be quietly circling alongside Venus, hidden by the Sun’s glare. A new study reveals that dozens of these stealthy ...

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 ...