Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, holds fascinating clues about the origins of organic molecules in ou.