Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to redraw the map of the solar system by discovering millions of small, fast-moving objects hidden all around us.

Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data ...

A rendering of the inner solar system shows the asteroids discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in light teal. Known asteroids are dark blue ...

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already discovered over 11,000 asteroids in just weeks, revealing a faster way to map ...

The Moon has no meaningful atmosphere, and its surface is frozen in geologic time. The only notable changes happen when ...

It was to swoop past 2022 OB5, a rocky asteroid island adrift in a starry sea, and take photographs of it. Odin successfully left its ride, headed into space—and vanished. The asteroid scout had ...

Researchers at Northumbria University have used the most powerful space telescope ever built to answer one of the longest-standing puzzles in planetary science—why does Saturn appear to spin at a ...

This Women’s History Month, we look at how women’s innovations have advanced the field of computer programming. View on euronews ...

According to meteorologists at the 45th Weather Squadron, part of the U.S. Space Force, these conditions give Artemis II ...

"Apollo happened before I was born, and the idea that we will see humans on the moon within our lifetimes, with decades of ...

The Artemis II launched into orbit Wednesday evening as NASA began its historic moon mission.