However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

Asteroids are small rocky bodies that travel around the Sun. They are much smaller than planets. They are very important because they can give us clues about the early composition of the Solar System.

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...

Why do we have a special day to celebrate space rocks? On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Tunguska in Siberia flattened approximately 2,150 sq.km of forest. This was attributed to the airburst ...

At the time of the announcement in January, the asteroid’s impact probability was reported to exceed 1%. The impact probability describes how likely a hazardous asteroid is to hit Earth.

Space brings threat and opportunity in equal measure, but knowledge is power, says renowned astrophysicist ahead of 10th annual Asteroid Day ...

Ceres in Astrology: How to Nurture & Heal Your Emotional Hunger originally appeared on Parade. Ceres, an often overlooked asteroid in our natal charts, represents our nurturing qualities.

Ceres in Astrology: How to Nurture & Heal Your Emotional Hunger originally appeared on Parade. Ceres, an often overlooked asteroid in our natal charts, represents our nurturing qualities. It is named ...