it probably originated from the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune," discovery team member Paul Wiegert said. He added: "The Trojan asteroid was in the process of gravitationally 'bouncing' between the ...

Stephen has a science degree with a major in physics, an arts degree with majors in English Literature and History and Philosophy of Science and a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the large asteroid Vesta in 2012, looking down at Vesta's north pole as the spacecraft was departing. A mosaic comprising four individual images of Comet ...

At the same time that Mercury moves into his final seven days in your work sector, he is not only a day away from an ...

By Katrina Miller Astronomers had already spotted two other rocks orbiting the asteroid known as 130 Elektra, and think more quadruple systems are out there. No Gargantua dwells at the heart of ...

This group of meteorites is likely to have come from Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in our solar system, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. “Combining the observations ...

Since entering orbit last month, Dawn has taken more than 500 images Vesta's southern section is dominated by a giant crater The northern side is filled with older craters including three that ...