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

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 ...

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts ...

Phobos, the larger of Mar's two moons may hit the planet or break apart within the next 50 million years. It is currently ...

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

A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed ...

Among those swiftly mobilising were professional and amateur astronomers from France’s FRIPON/Vigie-Ciel network, which was launched around a decade ago with a mission to detect and collect meteorites ...

NASA's Psyche mission and US startups are accelerating efforts to mine asteroids for valuable metals, promising vast riches but also posing risks of global market disruption.

ESA's Hera mission flying by Mars. See views captured with its Asteroid Framing Cameras. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency Music: A New Beginning by Bruce Brus / courtesy of Epidemic Sound ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

A new study warns of an undiscovered population of asteroids that could strike Earth with little to no warning.