Astronomers have identified asteroid 2022 WJ1 as the smallest asteroid ever characterized, measuring just 16 to 27 inches in ...

This single tiny crystal may have told us more about the red planet’s first few hundred million years than every other source ...

In an international study led by Western University and Lowell Observatory, scientists describe a pioneering, integrative ...

NASA has sent a probe to an asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire. Asteroid 16 Psyche is 173-mile wide and ...

A new study from a team of researchers at Portland State University compares human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to past ...

Phobos and Deimos could have formed from asteroid debris, a new study suggests. An upcoming sample return mission will help test the idea.

A colossal asteroid named 2023 WK3 is making a close approach to Earth on November 18, 2024. Measuring between 200 and 460 ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.