The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television ...

They lack the icy components found in comets and are typically denser. Most asteroids reside in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and are remnants from the early solar system that never ...

John Wheeler is Chief Meteorologist for WDAY, a position he has had since May of 1985. Wheeler grew up in the South, in ...

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

NASA is closely observing an asteroid named 2024 ON, which measures about 1,150 feet by 590 feet and travels at approximately ...

Earth is about to gain a temporary second moon, as the small asteroid 2024 PT5 will be gravitationally captured by our planet ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

wide dwarf planet may have originated at the outer edge of the solar system and may have migrated inwards to its current home. Not only is Ceres the largest body in the main asteroid belt ...

Survey observations using the Subaru Telescope's ultra-widefield prime focus camera have revealed that there may be a ...

Now, however, Pluto and that part of the solar system has moved away from the backdrop of the Milky Way into a sparser region of the night sky. With its Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), Subaru has discovered ...