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An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a 1% ...

Bright deposits on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, contain sodium carbonate. The Cassini mission measured the same mineral in plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

They are primarily found orbiting the sun, between the paths of Mars and Jupiter, in the main asteroid belt. However, gravitational interactions (typically with Jupiter) can sometimes send ...

The Tesla and WMAP are just two in an ongoing series of asteroid detection turnabouts, caused by what scientists see as a lack of transparency in spacecraft operations from commercial and ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter's moon, Europa, and Saturn's moon, Enceladus ...