Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

Asteroids often pass close to Earth, so this regularly raises a mix of questions and concerns for those in the scientific ...

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

BEIJING -- An asteroid has been named after Liu Hui, a mathematician who lived during China's Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420), to honor both Liu and the Chinese mathematics he represented. A ceremony ...