Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

This research helps us understand the violent nature of cosmic collisions and their role in shaping planetary landscapes. By ...

Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 — Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt.

Some astronomers believe comets brought water and organic compounds — aka the building blocks of life — to early Earth. The Oort Cloud is thought to be a sphere of ancient, icy objects ...

a clearing house for the positional measurements of small bodies like asteroids and comets. The asteroid measures between 130 and 300 feet wide (40 to 90 meters), based on estimates from its ...

An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a ...

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

The MPC, part of the International Astronomical Union, maintains an official catalog of near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets. It reports, numbers and names new discoveries. The asteroid ...