New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Two asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... the most ancient remnants of an early-formed planet in the early solar system," Ben Rider-Stokes, a post-doctoral researcher ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System ... within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Our solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets — but only one world is known to harbor life. Scientists have long debated whether Earth is truly unique. Perhaps our planet just ...

Researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar ... in our solar system, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus and the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt.