Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Asteroids are small rocky bodies that travel around the Sun. They are much smaller than planets. They are very important because they can give us clues about the early composition of the Solar System.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

International Asteroid Day is observed to help people understand how dangerous it could be if an asteroid ever hit the Earth.

We’re just opening our eyes to what’s going on in our solar system. What was the most surprising or unexpected thing that happened as the mission unfolded? There are so many. I call Bennu the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies first ...