Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .

Measuring about 1,200 feet wide, 2005 VO5 belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that frequently cross ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MN88, measuring about 65 feet wide, will make its closest approach on 6 July.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MV89, a 120-foot-wide space rock approximately the size of a small passenger aeroplane, ...

ESA's Gaia mission has determined he orbits of 154,741 asteroids in our solar system. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC AOC reacts after Andrew Cuomo concedes to Zohran Mamdani in NYC primary ...

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact probability with Earth means.

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The study highlights the chaotic nature of these asteroids' orbits, with Lyapunov times – the period after which their paths become unpredictable – averaging just 150 years.

Asteroids around Venus pose possible 'invisible threat' to Earth: Should you be worried? The giant space rocks are believed to be traveling in tandem with Venus as the planet orbits the sun ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.