Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging from the size of a bus ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: MIT/Ella Maru and Julien de Wit By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

Back in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on the "first space telescope built specifically to study, in detail, starlight filtered through exoplanet atmospheres." Now, five ...

An artist's illustration shows the James Webb Space Telescope peering out into the solar system toward the asteroid belt. Ella Maru and Julien de Wit Every few years, an asteroid that’s about the size ...

Astronomers have discovered a batch of nine new brown dwarfs, also known as "failed stars," including the two smallest examples of these curious celestial objects ever seen. The new find could help ...

ASU’s SPARCS telescope successfully launched into orbit on Jan. 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking a milestone for the university’s space exploration program.

The asteroids that are mostly likely to hit Earth aren't huge planet-killers, but smaller chunks of rock tens of meters wide — just big enough to wreak havoc on a city or a region. There are many more ...