Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

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

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

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

While Astronomics does fall into the "job as game" category, it's a good job that starts off fairly basic and expands as it goes.

In December 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, named 2024 YR4, which has since captured the attention of space ...

The rock is in a highly elliptical orbit of the sun that takes it across the Earth’s orbit and then back out to the asteroid belt. It will be visible only for a few months before it vanishes ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter's moon, Europa, and Saturn's moon, Enceladus ...