Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect ...

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

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

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.

The research, yet to be peer-reviewed, sheds light on what could have changed the orbits of several planets in the solar system ... asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter using the James Webb ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

Reintroducing Hawaii's sacred crow, how desert ants find their way, pterosaurs paddle-like tails, and how gophers rebuild ...

SpaceX launched a new round of Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit on its 11th launch of 2025, setting it on pace to ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

While the 62-foot-tall (19 meters), four-stage Ceres-1 can send 880 pounds (400 kilograms) to low Earth orbit (LEO), the ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...