Nestled in the asteroid belt in the 342-million-mile expanse between Mars and Jupiter lies 33 Polyhymnia. Named after the Greek muse of sacred hymns, the asteroid is just one of a million or so ...

Spread the loveFor decades, Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, was considered a dry and dusty world. But recent ...

Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well, we can now confirm ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explained why government investments have made great scientific discoveries possible ...

Hera will attempt to go into orbit around the rocky pair, with the flyby distances gradually dropping from 18 miles all the ...

For the next two months, Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the ...

How could we feed astronauts on lengthy space missions? These researchers have a quirky idea.

Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.