New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

The Cretaceous period ended in a terrible disaster that had its origins beyond Jupiter. An asteroid more than six miles wide slammed into prehistoric Central America, kicking off a global heat ...

A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet. The first of these little-known companions to the Jovian giant was ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images Donaldjohanson is likely a fragment from a collision 150 million years ago, making it one of the youngest in ...

The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is ...

The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on December 22 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this probability ...

It can be found inside gas giants such as Jupiter and is briefly created during meteorite impacts or in laser fusion ...

The motion of Jupiter and Saturn in their orbits — which last 12 and 29 years, respectively — results in this particular meteor shower returning every 60 years, Jenniskens and Pilorz found.

The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and Jupiter, enhancing space exploration efforts.