Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report published in Nature Astronomy by an international team ...

Researchers were able to determine that the asteroid came from the inner Asteroid Belt, the region between Mars and Jupiter, ...

At first glance, the dwarf planet Ceres hardly inspires dreams of alien life. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the ...

New research based on data from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests the dwarf planet Ceres may have once possessed a deep, ...

An asteroid called 2023 CX1 underwent a single explosion, hinting that it had an unusual structure that might be more ...

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older.

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be." ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a group of European astronomers came together to form an association without precedent in the history of astronomy. Informally known as the Celestial Police (in ...