An asteroid floating in our solar system has been discovered to have a very weird and unique double moon—and it might just change the way we think about how planets form. The asteroid ...

A giant asteroid slammed into Jupiter’s largest ... It will spend six months orbiting the moon, collecting data on its ...

By studying Earth-like orbiting objects with moon-like spectral signatures, scientists could determine what proportion come from the moon versus the asteroid belt, potentially improving our ...

Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals ... having to land on the surface. Although the moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies ...

Lucy’s latest asteroid encounter took place roughly 16 months after passing within 230 miles of Dinkinesh (aka “Dinky”) and its “baby asteroid” satellite, Selam. Donaldjohanson is the ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than previously thought, Nasa says. When first discovered, asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers said the house-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is shaped like a hockey puck and also deduced its origin.

Related: 'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say The Lucy mission launched in 2021 and is on its way to study ancient asteroids orbiting the sun in the ...

The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances of it hitting the Moon have increased. It was recently revealed that it had more than doubled, from 1.7 to 3.8 per ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids ...