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Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
The small meteor lit up the night sky on Thursday and may have landed as meteorites across a vast area of the west Highlands.
Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...
Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...
Watch the waning gibbous moon, Saturn, and Neptune meet in the night sky around midnight on July 16. The trio will travel ...
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...
Scientists at ESA have spotted A11pl3Z, a possible interstellar object near Jupiter. Though it’s heading towards Earth, ...
The probe's first encounter will be with the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027. According to NASA, Lucy will conduct four ...
NASA has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique peanut shape.
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...