[Related: How to prove the Earth is round.] Experts have understood for thousands of years that specific polygonal shapes such as triangles, squares, and hexagons can arrange to cover a 2D plane ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving around Earth in a horseshoe shape from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. Researchers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

and it may even have helped shape how the atmosphere evolved. Similar fields might also exist on other planets in the solar system with an atmosphere, including Venus and Mars. “Understanding the ...

Scientists say at least 14 per cent of near-Earth asteroids larger than about 200m (660 ft) have a similar contact binary shape. New images suggest it is about 350m (1150 ft) long with features on ...

The curved white hook resembles the rounded, arrowhead-shape badges pinned to the uniforms ... got dragged up from the seafloor, according to Earth Observatory. Some of the larger fragments ...

Contact binaries are fairly common in the solar system; around 14% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 660 feet (200 meters) share the same awkward-looking peanut shape, according to NASA.

The universe appears to have sent us an early Christmas present: the large asteroid that tumbled safely past Earth last week was ... Those recent images revealed the asteroid's peanut shape, formed by ...

Spotted only in July by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Mauna Loa in Hawaii, its massive size – about 300m across – makes it 99 per cent larger than any other near-Earth ...

The universe appears to have sent us an early Christmas present: the large asteroid that tumbled safely past Earth last week was ... the asteroid's peanut shape, formed by two smaller asteroids ...

A series of radar images taken by Nasa has revealed that a large asteroid which zoomed past Earth last week was actually two space rocks melded into one object appearing like a snowman or a peanut.