New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

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NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which measures around 1,300 feet in diameter.

For decades, scientists thought that stars much smaller than our Sun couldn't form giant planets. That theory just took a ...

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Scientists' best explanation for how planets form is called the core accretion theory. The birth of a planetary system begins ...

This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial tipping point.

WASHINGTON - Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really ...

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...