Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

Didymos is a near-Earth double asteroid, consisting of the ‘primary asteroid’ of the same name [eng. primary vs. secondary asteroid], which is orbited by the smaller ‘asteroid moon’ Dimorphos. Didymos ...

A planetary system for protection of the Earth from comet and asteroid threat may gain tangible ... but Kiev rejected the idea Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the country ...

The relentless march of technology is allowing scientists to consider the possibility of human exploration of the Solar System ... planetary defense test mission. The Double Asteroid Redirection ...

But what should you do to prepare for an asteroid ... system “calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary ...

In studying data collected from NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection ... the focus of planetary defense, but also for our ability to read the history of our solar system from these remnants ...

But arguably, it's the ugly duckling, ancient asteroids that are providing us with a better understanding of how our solar system evolved ... bodies in the main asteroid belt.

Nasa scientists say there is no risk of an impact, but the flyby does provide them with the opportunity to test their asteroid-warning systems. A global network of telescopes will be closely ...

Last month, astronomers got a shock when they spotted what appeared to be an object from outside our Solar System cruising around ... that the object was an asteroid, making it the first such ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining in space with the first private mission to land on another body outside of the Earth-moon system. The mission will see its ...

NASA and European Space Agency collaborating on planetary defense missions to determine if we can deflect near-Earth objects away from Earth.

What is the largest asteroid in the solar system? The largest and biggest asteroid in the solar system, by far, is 1 Ceres with a massive diameter of 974 kilometres. In fact, it’s so big that ...