As more of the solar system has been explored and imaged, all kinds of geographical features have been mapped on many of our ...

Solar material from the eruption will likely miss Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared eyes toward Jupiter, capturing auroras hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

The latest discoveries about Vesta challenge its traditional classification. This giant asteroid might actually be a remnant ...

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate ...

Most asteroids orbit within the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But some follow paths that ...

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...