The solar system also contains small objects called comets. Comets are similar to asteroids, but are made of ice, dust and rocky material. As a comet approaches the Sun, it begins to vaporise ...
The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
New paper points to the Alpha Centauri triple star system as likely potential source of millions of interstellar asteroids and comets.
“The comets and asteroids in the solar system have arguably taught us more about planet formation than what we've learned from the actual planets in the solar system,” said Darryl ...
As a space scientist, you can spend your life studying some remarkable things. For example, comets that streak across the sky like giant dirty snowballs. Asteroids with the power to destroy life ...
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.