NASA has released the first high-resolution images of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing its unusual peanut-like shape following a key encounter by the Lucy spacecraft earlier this year.

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins AP ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

Asteroids are not just objects in space. They also carry the names of remarkable people, places, and stories from around the world, including ...

Why do we have a special day to celebrate space rocks? On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Tunguska in Siberia ...

In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...