Specialists specified that the asteroid’s next passage near Earth will take place in 11 years, on August 20, 2036 ...

Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...

Astronomers discover asteroid 2025 PN7, earth's latest quasi-satellite, revealing insights into planetary dynamics and ...

It is now named asteroid 2023 CX1, marking the first cosmic object from discovery to destruction, and then to the collection of its meteorite fragments. The object was only detected a few hours before ...

When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

Discover Our Solar System Through Detailed 3D Models Forget dusty textbooks and flat diagrams. We’re talking about ...