"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

According to a new study, Earth's mini-moons may not be from the asteroid belt after all. They're made of Moon.

According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the ...

On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space ...

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Ted Stryk's work was recognized by the International Astronomical Union, which names bodies in the solar system.

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on nearly 40,000 large objects out there with the hope of avoiding the fate of ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...