Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and its gravity strongly influences the movement of asteroids and comets. While it can capture or deflect some dangerous objects, it can also disturb ...

Recent observation using the James Webb Space Telescope confirms that the citykiller asteroid 2024 YR4 will not collide with ...

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

There were concerns that Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon or Earth.

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, may have been responsible for a mysterious age gap in the early solar system's planet building blocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system. See new photos from a European Space Agency orbiter on its way to Jupiter.

A strange metal rich asteroid called Psyche may be the exposed core of an ancient failed planet, and NASA’s mission could finally reveal what lies beneath its battered surface.

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known as “2025 MN45,” is also remarkable for its speed, and is the ...

On November 9, at 3 A.M. EST, the Moon will pass 4° due north of Jupiter, with both celestial bodies observable in Gemini during early morning hours. Jupiter, shining at magnitude –2.4, will be easily ...

China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is operating normally on its way to a near-Earth asteroid ahead of sampling later this year, according ...