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

Nestled in the asteroid belt in the 342-million-mile expanse between Mars and ... so objects that make up that traffic jam of space rock between the inner and outer planets. But 33 Polyhymnia isn’t ...

"Our interpretation of all this is that Ceres used to be an ocean world like Europa, but with a dirty, muddy ocean," said Sori. "As that muddy ocean froze over time, it created an icy crust with a ...

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

New research from NASA and Purdue University suggest that dwarf planet Ceres is chock full of water ice that once flowed as a ...

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, may hold a substantial amount of water ice beneath its surface, like an ...

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

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

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...

Meandering between Mars and Jupiter, an asteroid named Psyche holds an estimated worth of a staggering $10,000 quadrillion.