"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

The review yielded positive results, reflecting remarkable progress in the national team’s capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

The UAE Space Agency conducted a preliminary design review for the mission in February 2024 and completed the lander mission ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

He said his team talks about the possibility of the media “crying wolf” when using scare as the main point in news ... we send probes through the asteroid belt.” Movies depict the belt ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

Asteroids—small, rocky masses left over from the formation of the solar system around 4.6 billion years ago—are found ...

Countless asteroids in our solar system, some close, some far — but did you know that some of these space rocks have names?