While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would extend its Mars probe mission, now in its fifth year, for an additional three, underlining the oil-rich state's space ambitions.

Yes, absolutely! When asteroids or comets hit rocky bodies such as the moon or Mars, they form impact craters that displace a large volume of material from the surface. Some of this material can be ...

Six planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Both Earth and Mars are toward the lower end of the lunar count, as our home planet only has one moon, and Mars has two. But not all moons share ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mars could be in for an asteroid hit.A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday."These odds are ...