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

A recent study suggests that small asteroids, long overlooked, may hold the key to future space exploration. These space rocks could provide vital materials for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, ...

New research suggests another connection, one between these two asteroids and a possible Venusian meteor shower. If this is ...

For the past two decades, NASA has focused on identifying 90% of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet. The space agency has made steady progress in detecting dangerous asteroids ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's orbit, and two new studies suggest that one day the space rocks could ...

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NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system. When you ...

Scientists detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids for the first time ever. The team made the discovery using data from NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory. When you ...

The way an asteroid spins -- either smoothly on its axis or in a chaotic tumble -- depends on how many times it has been hit by other objects in space. At the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki, ...

When we look up at the night sky, we tend to see asteroids as simple, wandering rocks—the leftover debris from […] ...

Asteroids and comets will be the focus of an Omaha Science Cafe next week. UNO astronomy and physics instructor David Kriegler will discuss asteroids and comets beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the ...