Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...

For decades, scientists believed a single asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. However, recent research has sparked discussions ...

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

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

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

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

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

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

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

The shower often produces bright fireballs, which originates from an asteroid called 2003 EH1. Those meteors appear in all ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, ...

In Central California, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Yosemite National Park are good bets for seeing celestial ...