Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its ...

New research suggests that at any given time, Earth may temporarily capture up to half a dozen fragments from the moon, known as minimoons, before they continue their journey around the sun.

Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

A recently discovered asteroid has entered the limelight, putting scientists around the world on alert. According to a study ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.