However, you're more likely to read and hear about meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, comets, and asteroids online and in the ...

International researchers warn that the planet Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike ...

Invisible' city-killing asteroids like 2020 SB lurk near Venus. Led by Valerio Carruba, new findings reveal Earth's potential ...

More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among the oldest materials in our solar system, originating from planets, asteroids, and comets. Most meteorites ...

NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

If a piece of one of these objects makes it all the way to Earth, it becomes a “meteorite.” From observing asteroids with telescopes, scientists know that most asteroids have water-rich ...

Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer circle the Sun. Those rocks originate from a small number ...

From gravel-size meteoroids to mountain-size asteroids and even visitors from other star systems, space is packed with ...

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

If a piece of one of these objects makes it all the way to Earth, it becomes a "meteorite." From observing asteroids with telescopes, scientists know that most asteroids have water-rich ...