What is asteroid mining and how close are we to making it a reality?
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest. You must have…
The last probe orbiting Venus has just shut down, and that’s not good news
Venus is often considered to be the twin of Earth, notably due to certain similarities. But for the…
Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot
“Twilight” discovery: Astronomers have spotted a 700-meter-wide asteroid lurking in the sun’s glare, designated 2025 SC79, which orbits…
Astronomers Just Found a Sneaky Asteroid Near the Sun—and It Highlights a Dangerous Blind Spot
Millions of asteroids are currently zipping through our solar system. These rocky remnants of the early solar system…
Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasilunar Moon
The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasilunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid…
Moon dust from Chang’e-6 mission reveals asteroids carried water to Earth
In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks…
The main asteroid belt of our solar system is slowly disappearing
The main asteroid belt in our solar system is located between Mars and Jupiter. And although it is…
‘Invisible’ Asteroids Near Venus Could Devastate Earth
The universe is full of things that can kill us, but the most unsettling threats are the ones…
Undetected, Dangerous Asteroids Could Be Lurking in Venus’s Orbit
Space can be a dangerous place, with massive rocks hurling through the solar system at fast speeds, some…
Venus could be hiding an invisible danger for Earth
Space is a vast place full of mysteries. And scientists have identified invisible dangers to Earth located near…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence
Brown, P. G. et al. A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors. Nature…