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 confirms that asteroid 2025 MW91, estimated to be 140 feet across, will make its closest approach on 5 July.

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

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

Conversations in space: How Hera is using AI to share its mission to defend Earth from asteroids If you want to know about Hera, a satellite hurtling through deep space toward two asteroids, you can ...

You win when all asteroids are destroyed." Note that while I explained in some detail what I wanted, I said nothing about game physics, like how the asteroids would move and react to the missiles.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The Albuquerque Isotopes chefs have been hard at work getting ready for its mascot’s birthday celebration next week. For Taco Tuesday, fans can get their hands… ...

As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National Asteroid Day.

New asteroids discoved by observatory In about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near ...