The second-largest asteroid in the solar system is Vesta, and it may be a piece of an ancient lost planet. […] ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

A study reveals why there are at least three asteroids which pose a potential threat to Earth and why current observation ...

Twenty years ago, the US Congress instructed NASA to find 90 percent of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For decades, scientists thought that Vesta was a protoplanet rather than an asteroid.

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

A gargantuan asteroid impact on Ganymede, the solar system’s largest moon ... We’ll know a lot more in just seven short years. asteroids Ganymede Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer moons Get the ...

More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets, dwarf planets, asteroids ... but Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only one known ...

In a new study using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a hidden population of tiny asteroids in our solar system. These objects might ... The James Webb Space Telescope is the ...