World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30A Planetary Defense Conference is held each year in which NASA, ESA and its partners work to prevent and ...

The Virtual Telescope Project is set to host a free YouTube stream covering the flyby starting at 7 p.m. ET (23:00 GMT) on ...

NASA and Planetary Resources are making it easier for amateur astronomers to find new asteroids with a desktop app called Asteroid Data Hunter.

NASA and Planetary Resources are making it easier for amateur astronomers to find new asteroids with a desktop app called Asteroid Data Hunter.

For this reason, mining asteroids could potentially transform long-duration space travel by enabling astronauts to produce their own food instead of relying on supplies from Earth.

NASA released a free new desktop app that allows the public to help identify new asteroids from telescope photography, the agency announced at a panel during SXSW.

Astronomers have detected water molecules on the surface of asteroids, a surprising find given that the space rocks were thought to be “completely dry.” ...

Asteroids are rich with the metals used in clean energy technologies. As demand soars, advocates argue that mining them in space might be better than mining them on Earth.