A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

DG5 is classified within the Apollo group—asteroids characterized by orbits that cross Earth's trajectory around the Sun. It completes one full revolution around the Sun approximately every 514 days.

An asteroid, 2025 KX8, will closely approach Earth on June 4, 2025. NASA is monitoring the space rock, which is about 36 ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

Abstract: This research aims to develop a human portrait generation system that enables the two-armed humanoid robot, Pica, to autonomously draw the face portrait of the person sitting in front of ...

For starters, the asteroid’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s earliest days, more than 4.5 billion years ago. These rocks, which show hints they contain carbon, represent a ...

Final preparations are under way for China to launch an uncrewed craft to visit both an asteroid and a comet, in the hope of learning more about the space rocks in our solar system. The Tianwen-2 ...

As Chinese modernization necessitates the accelerated comprehensive vitalization of rural areas, the country's "No 1 Central ...

The sun roared to life early Tuesday (May 14), unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region AR4087. The eruption peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT (0825 GMT), triggering ...

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