The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured asteroid 2023 BU when it less than 40,000 km (25,854 mi.) away from ...
XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...
The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...
The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...
JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...
NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...
Discover what astronomers are learning about an ancient ice giant traveling through our solar system that's a strange hybrid ...
Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...