New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which measures around 1,300 feet in diameter.

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

The latest mission out of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) will examine not one, but two space bodies. After ...

The CZ-3B/E Y110 flew on an eastbound path and launched Tianwen-2 on an Earth escape trajectory. Tianwen-2 will orbit ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, say scientists who ...

Two new studies used gravity data to pull back the curtain on the deep interiors of the Moon and one of the solar system’s largest asteroids.

When Elon Musk’s engineers bundled a batch of prototype satellites into a rocket’s nose cone six years ago, there were fewer ...

A depiction of Saturn's moon Titan, the only other world in the solar system with active rivers, lakes, and oceans. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration ... in comets, asteroids, and other ...