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 ...

The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...

Impacts from large near-Earth objects are generally rare over a typical human lifetime. But they’re more frequent on a geological timescale of millions to billions of years. The best example may be a ...

Scientists have revisited the theory that Earth's water came from icy comets. New research suggests cometary dust might alter ...

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.

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 ...