Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

A giant chunk of the planet Mars could sell for up to an eye-watering $4 million (around £3 million) at auction later this ...

Experts believe pieces of a small asteroid that lit up the night sky over parts of the UK on Thursday have landed in the west ...

Scientists at ESA have spotted A11pl3Z, a possible interstellar object near Jupiter. Though it’s heading towards Earth, ...

Mars is much closer to the asteroid belt–our solar system’s main reservoir of rocky debris–than Earth. Of course something closer to the source would encounter more strays.

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.

If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would have a great tale to tell. It was ejected from its own planet by a massive ...

An asteroid that slammed into Mars around 2.3 million years ago left one nine-mile wide crater and created 2 billion smaller craters. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

On the asteroid mission, scientists and engineers will be able to work out some potential problems that astronauts could encounter on a mission to Mars, expected to take place sometime in the 2030s.

NASA wants to bag an asteroid using robotic arms or an enormous sack and place the rock in the moon’s orbit for study. This may keep astronauts working but not, as NASA claims, get them Mars-ready.

NWA 16788 was unearthed in November 2023 by a meteorite hunter in the remote Agadez region of Niger, a location better known ...