Since the asteroid belt is past Mars, there's an average 25-minute communications delay in each direction, making manual control from Earth and its surrounding environs exceedingly tedious.

Ceres, an often overlooked asteroid in our natal charts, represents our nurturing qualities. It is named after the Roman goddess of seasonal harvest and abundant agriculture, who is also known by ...

By the mid-19th century, the term “asteroid” became the norm. Interestingly, Ceres had some exceptional traits that is why it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

Journey back to 2015 when the Dawn spacecraft first orbited Ceres, the colossal dwarf planet in our inner solar system. Dive deep into the mysteries of this unique celestial body as we recall the ...

An enormous asteroid—big enough to leave a six-mile-wide crater and darken the world with dust if it hit Earth—will harmlessly zip by our planet on April 29. The object, called 1998 OR2, is at ...

Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4, but fresh looks at the space rock using Webb and other telescopes have now increased its chances of impacting the Moon. After a brief stint as the highest ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has small chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032 The space rock is between 131 feet (40 meters) to 295 feet (90 meters) or a little less than the ...

Ceres, the Queen of the Asteroid Belt, is a dwarf planet that could prove crucial in humanity's quest for expansion in space. According to data collected by the Dawn spacecraft, it is made up of ...