Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. Pioneer 10 was NASA's first mission to the outer ...

The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.

Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely ...

This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.

Located between Jupiter and Neptune, Chiron moves through space like an asteroid while simultaneously producing glowing tails of gas and dust characteristic of comets. When first discovered in 1977, ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

The phenomenon will be at its peak on January 17 and 18, offering an exceptional view of Mars, Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter aligning, just after sunset. During these dates, Venus and Saturn will ...

Related: Annual meteor shower viewing guide The Quadrantid meteor shower is produced when Earth passes through the debris or ice and dust left behind by asteroid 2003 EH1, which is likely an ...

This comet is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By analyzing the comet’s materials, researchers hope to learn more about the conditions that existed in the early solar system and ...

It can only live if it survives Jupiter's intense radiation ... China is gearing up for a mission to scoop up pieces of a near-Earth asteroid, return the samples to Earth and then explore a ...