Asteroids and comets form the most pristine bodies in the Solar System carrying information about its early formation history. They provide us with knowledge on the conditions in the parts of the ...

But it’s worth noting that NASA has a network of telescopes around the world dedicated to hunting down undiscovered asteroids and comets. A telescope in Chile—part of one such NASA-funded ...

While astronomers at NASA and the European Space Agency have been mapping the giant asteroids that crisscross Earth’s orbit, he says, comets are much more difficult to track and therefore might ...

The agency announced on Friday (Feb. 21) that it has selected Elon Musk's company to launch its NEO Surveyor spacecraft, which will hunt for asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.