NASA has detected a mysterious object near Jupiter’s orbit, leaving scientists puzzled. The unknown entity could be a new ...

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the ...

A simulation of the Lyrid meteor stream, which is quite wide, with each meteoroid moving on its own orbit around the sun. The ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has captured striking images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be a contact binary with an ...

It was considered a dress rehearsal for the more critical asteroid encounters ahead closer to Jupiter.This asteroid is bigger ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...