Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

Vesta might be a shattered remnant of an early planet, not a failed one—forcing scientists to rethink how worlds begin.

Up to 50 'shooting stars' per hour will streak through the night sky when the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks just before ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

marking the ideal period to spot the second largest asteroid orbiting in the rocky belt of debris located between Mars and Jupiter. A solar system body is considered to be 'in opposition' when it ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For decades, scientists thought that Vesta was a protoplanet rather than an asteroid.

NASA’s Psyche mission, which aims to explore the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, has hit a snag on its journey. As reported in a ...

Psyche launched in October 2023, beginning a 2.2 billion-mile journey to a metal-rich asteroid located in the main belt. The spacecraft began firing its thrusters in May 2024, using a solar ...

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft headed to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft launched in October 2023 and ...

Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that suggest a different origin. Versta, the second-largest asteroid in the ...