Let me introduce Phaethon, a "rock comet" that blurs the definitions between asteroid and comet, and let me tell you why it will be worth paying attention to this fascinating object in the coming ...

New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...

It's generated from the 3200 Phaethon asteroid, which is unique because its orbit brings it closer to the sun than any other named asteroid. Geminids is, on average, even more intense than the ...

It's generated from the 3200 Phaethon asteroid, which is unique because its orbit brings it closer to the sun than any other named asteroid. Geminids is, on average, even more intense than the ...

This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so hot that sodium inside Phaethon’s rock likely vaporizes and vents into space, causing it to ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The Geminid meteor shower from Tagong Grassland, Garze Prefecture ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Because its rotational period keeps decreasing – causing the potentially hazardous ...

Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in September 2022, has arrived at its launch site in Florida ahead of its planned Oct. 7 liftoff. Meet Phaethon ...

But, unlike normal meteor showers, 3200 Phaethon is not a comet, but an asteroid. Of the 12 meteor showers that took place this year, only one other came from asteroids, according to American ...