Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new study hints.

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — A solar ... the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ... Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

(AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it ... help scientists better understand our early solar system when planets were forming; asteroids are the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured its first high-resolution images of an asteroid, revealing a space rock with a surprising shape. Asteroid Donaldjohanson formed when two smaller ...