Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

May 2025 is a prime time to explore the night sky, with Vesta taking center stage. Use our sky map to navigate the stars and planets, and don't miss the chance to observe this giant asteroid. Share ...

The geologic map of the asteroid belt. The x-axis shows how ... sometimes heading into the inner solar system and passing near Earth. Collisions between large asteroids in the belt can create ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

Most meteorites, however, originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt ... While this provides one of the most comprehensive maps of the asteroid belt to date, not all meteorites in ...

Any asteroid we detect is generally a fragment of a much larger body that was formed at the birth of our Solar System – Alan Fitzsimmons ... backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.