It was confirmed that “planet killer” asteroids Ryugu and Bennu, which were recently sampled by Japan’s JAXA’s Hayabusa2 and ...

The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... asteroids never experienced ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? This ...

Scientists believe Ryugu formed on the outskirts of the early solar system before migrating in toward the asteroid belt, eventually ... play a role in giant planet formation, from Jupiter to ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.

(collision pounds) When two collide, they blast fragments in all directions, sending some out of the asteroid belt forever. Sometimes wreaking havoc on planets they encounter. ♪ ♪ Including ...