Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong ...

Tiny samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed. New evidence suggests that Bennu was born where material from the inner and outer Solar System ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is now less than a year from reaching the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. And it has already made some ...

The trick is to watch the light. Most asteroids are lumpy and irregular, so the amount of sunlight they reflect changes as ...

Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into electricity, to work in the dark. He proposes that these large mirrors could help ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...

Asteroids are leftover pieces from the formation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. In the beginning, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is tracking a trio of vehicle-sized asteroids set to whizz by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, will approach Earth within the next two days. On Wednesday, March 25, the ...

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They're time capsules, preserving clues about what the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is tracking two bus-sized asteroids in the vicinity of the Earth ...