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Three city-killing asteroids that could strike Earth without warning in weeks are currently hiding behind our nearest neighbouring planet, boffins fear. The impact from any of the space rocks would ...

Simulations of asteroids near Venus reveal gaps in our ability to detect them. Astronomers are investigating a little-known and largely unseen group of asteroids that quietly orbit the sun alongside ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly ...

"We can outdo two centuries of effort in just a couple of years." It was weirdly emotional on Monday (June 23) as several grainy white specks streaked across my computer screen while ambient rhythms ...