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

The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, there are also ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...

When asteroid 99942 Apophis flies closely past Earth in 2029, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies is likely to dramatically alter the asteroid's surface. That's the conclusion of an ...

The ATLAS survey, a four-telescope system tasked with tracking near-Earth objects, first observed the asteroid in images captured on October 22. European Space Agency (ESA) officials noted that while ...

SpaceX will create Marslink as a first step towards greater than petabit per second communication between Earth and Mars. Marslink aims to establish a high-speed data relay system—capable of ...

Last month, an asteroid ... with Earth. Two hours later, the asteroid burned up over the Pacific Ocean near California, making it an "imminent impactor." The small amount of time between detection ...

TL;DR: SpaceX has introduced "Marslink," a concept for high-speed internet between Mars and Earth using an adaptation of its Starlink satellite network. The system aims to provide a data relay ...

Two hours later, the asteroid burned up over the Pacific Ocean near California, making it an "imminent impactor." The small amount of time between detection and impact means impact monitoring systems, ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...