Comets masquerading as asteroids are being found in increasing numbers, with 14 now known in the asteroid belt.
NEOWISE, NASA’s retired infrared telescope, has tracked numerous near-Earth objects and discovered a rare comet since 2013.
Fast radio bursts, hugely powerful discharges of energy emanating from the furthest reaches of outer space, have confounded ...
Scientists have revisited the theory that Earth's water came from icy comets. New research suggests cometary dust might alter ...
The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...
"Asteroids and meteoroids are both lumps of rock and metal that are out in space ... If a meteor reaches the ground without ...
Although it completed its mission in July, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) still has ...
Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that ...
NASA is continuously improving its tools and missions in the quest to follow and investigate asteroids. The DART mission ...
The asteroid, approximately 70 cm in diameter, was similar in size to previous asteroid entries like 2022 WJ, 2023 CX1, and ...