A recent study shows the asteroid belt is slowly losing material due to gravitational forces and collisions, with ...

The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously thought, astronomers say. A comet named 3I/ATLAS likely weighs more than 33 ...

A comet speeding towards the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is significantly bigger than initially thought, ...

A fireball over France revealed a tougher kind of asteroid, named 2023 CX1, raising new concerns about how small impacts can ...

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet ...

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

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

A strange flash on Saturn earlier this summer caught the attention of astronomers and sparked speculation about a possible planetary impact. The sighting was first reported by amateur astronomer Mario ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere ...

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...