Vesta emerged in the first 1 to 2 million years after the solar system formed and is now the second largest body in the asteroid belt, which sits between Mars and Jupiter.

The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

ON, which is the nearly size of two cricket grounds, safely passed the Earth on Sunday (). Subscribe to receive the day's ...

The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television ...

"Most asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. Asteroids range in size ...

A 1-meter-sized asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere over northern Luzon, creating a stunning fireball that lit up the skies.

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

While many people associate asteroids with the Asteroid Belt that separates Mars and Jupiter, Deskur said that there are smaller clusters throughout space, with some near Earth. Due to these ...

Meteorites are pieces of our solar system which fall to Earth, where they can be studied without having to send expensive ...

“Moon hit by asteroid CAUGHT ON CAMERA,” reads the post’s caption. It was shared more than 1,000 times in a week. The video was also posted on TikTok. An analysis of the video by ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that a small asteroid will hit Earth's atmosphere over Luzon early Thursday ...