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

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

Pune: A meteorite that crashed through the roof of Kiran Babanrao Thakre's house at Kopargaon village in Ahilyanagar district ...

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

Last year in August, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one", ...

The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

Discovered in 2003 by Saanich-based astronomer Dave Balam, the kilometre-wide space rock now officially carries the name of ...

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

NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system on its Psyche asteroid spacecraft, but an agency official ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...