A little-known population of asteroids sharing Venus's orbit has intrigued scientists. Their unstable trajectories could bring them closer to our planet. These celestial bodies, called co-orbitals or ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned in new research.

A hidden swarm of "city killer" space rocks, known as co-orbital asteroids, is likely hiding around Venus and could pose an "invisible threat" to Earth over the coming millennia if the asteroids are ...

Venus may be hiding asteroids that could be catastrophic if they were to hit Earth, according to some researchers. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics has shown that ...

These particular asteroids are lurking between the orbits of Earth and its closest neighbor in the direction of the Sun, Venus. One of them is the largest potentially hazardous NEA spotted in ...

Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics has shown that Venus has at least 20 co ...

These asteroids are located entirely between the Sun and the Earth's orbit, and never cross over - unless something happens to its orbit thanks to interference from Mercury or Venus.

However, Venus asteroids with an orbital eccentricity higher than 0.38 could "pose a collisional hazard to Earth," the researchers warned. Most read in Science. SNIFF SENTENCE ...

In other words, microbial life may have hitchhiked from Earth to Venus via atmosphere-grazing asteroids. In fact, the duo show that plenty of asteroids have already made such a trip in their paper.

Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics has shown that Venus has at least 20 co ...