If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...

If you’re looking for longform science fiction which feels rooted in reality, it’s hard to find a better example than The Expanse. The novel series was written by James S. A. Corey, a pseudonym for ...

The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

What size asteroids can astronomers detect from Earth that could potentially pose a threat to our planet? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of ...

Many of the objects found today in the asteroid belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter may have formed in the outermost reaches of the solar system, according to an international team of ...

We're long past the days when we believed all the wonderful things that make up planet Earth were somehow born here, and that we're the center of the Universe. We now know everything from life itself ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ...

NASA’s Dawn mission shows where ice has been detected in the northern wall of Ceres’ Juling Crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / ASI / INAF A Mashable series about the curious ...

Astronomers have created highly detailed images of 42 of the solar system's largest asteroid belt objects, including Ceres which has a diameter twice as long as the Grand Canyon. The team used the ...