Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our planet ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our solar system’s space rocks. The asteroid belt is as old as the solar system ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

A study challenges the lunar origin of the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and points to a different and surprising origin.

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.

Measurements made with the help of the Deep Space Network (DSN) revealed that the close approach to Mars gave the spacecraft ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A team of school students and teachers has discovered 11 small ...

Tianwen-2 asteroid orbit insertion at quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa is set for June 7, days away, after amateur radio teams in ...