NASA has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique peanut shape.

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Rio Hurtado first spotted the object ...

An asteroid has been named after 19th century astronomer Annie Walker, Cambridge’s first professional female astronomer.

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

Alien worlds are a great way to indulge in those “what if” questions and watchers get a chance to see how different life ...

The probe's first encounter will be with the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027. According to NASA, Lucy will conduct four ...

No, it was a meteorite. For a few brief moments today, a bright fireball lit up the midnight skies above Scotland. The meteor ...

Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...

Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of A11pl3Z, a massive new interstellar object entering our solar system.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft made a pivotal encounter with the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. Capturing high-resolution images ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...