From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

In 2018, an independent researcher bought a piece of space rock from a vendor in Morocco. It could change what we know of the Solar System's formation.

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...

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

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

A meteorite, Northwest Africa 12264, is questioning the established timeline of our solar system's formation, suggesting ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

NASA's Lucy mission captured the highest resolution image yet of Donaldjohanson, the uniquely shaped asteroid.

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

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom ...