2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

ESA's star-surveying Gaia mission has again proven to be a formidable asteroid ... moons. Asteroids are fascinating objects, ...

Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ... Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of ...

Scientists believe Ryugu formed on the outskirts of the early solar system before migrating in toward the asteroid belt, ...

An asteroid the size of a school bus is heading towards our planet, zipping past us twice as close as our own moon today ... around 36,000 objects in our solar system classified as NEOs.

This comet is located in the asteroid belt ... early solar system. The asteroid is named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the famous “Lucy” fossil. ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons ...

Exploring the Moon ... 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 ...