The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet ...

A recent study shows the asteroid belt is slowly losing material due to gravitational forces and collisions, with ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, the was launched in 2023 to study a space rock in the asteroid belt in 2029, just sent its last ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

A new study warns of an undiscovered population of asteroids that could strike Earth with little to no warning.

Astronomers warn of hidden asteroids near Venus that evade detection, with some capable of crossing Earth’s orbit and posing ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation ...

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our ...