Asteroid 2025 SC79 is the size of a skyscraper and moves around the solar system at a record-breaking speed. Astronomers ...

Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...

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

Carnegie Science astronomer Scott S. Sheppard discovered the asteroid on September 27 with the Dark Energy Camera on the National Science Foundation's Blanco 4-meter telescope. That telescope searches ...

Astronomers have identified 2025 SC79, a new asteroid with a remarkably fast 128-day orbit, placing it among the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...