Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Most asteroids originate from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where over one million space rocks orbit the Sun. Occasionally, Jupiter's massive gravitational force pulls some ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ...

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...

They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging from the ... Nov. 26, 2024 — Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first noticed 25 ...

What is Planet Position in Astrology? Planet position is a diagrammatic representation of the condition and positions of the celestial bodies at any given time for any given location on Earth. Planet ...

Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth. Listen to Story Gaia-4b is about twelve times more massive than Jupiter Gaia-5b is a brown dwarf, more massive than a planet The ...

Several small asteroids are set to pass by Earth in early February 2025 with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) closely monitoring their movements. While these asteroids are approaching at what ...

It's impossible to tell exactly how often our planet has been smacked by large asteroids in its history. Craters are erased and covered over by erosion processes. Some large rocks explode in the air, ...