When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi U./Rikkyo U./Nagoya U./Chiba Inst. Tech./Meiji U./U. Aizu/AIST ...

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an ...

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...

An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...

NASA scientists are closely monitoring 120-foot long Asteroid 2024 XN1, which they say is set to "skim" Earth on December ...

JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...