The second-largest asteroid in the solar system is Vesta ... indicating that melting occurred. Most asteroids tend to have more gravelly surfaces. The second theory is that Vesta is a chunk ...

NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

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.

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that ...

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

In a few days, the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are to be presented. Simulations are now raising ...

A new international project promises to “revolutionise” our knowledge of the solar system through discovering millions of its ...

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