A recent study shows the asteroid belt is slowly losing material due to gravitational forces and collisions, with ...
New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...
We could be overlooking an entire population of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth on the very simple basis that they're ...
Dark comets are a unique type of cosmic object. While they may look like asteroids, they are actually comets with unusual ...
Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...
A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden "star dunes" and a barren ...
Scientists at UT Austin claim the first provable quantum supremacy, showing a 12-qubit system beat classical computers—paving the way for real quantum power. Harvard researcher Avi Loeb says comet ...