China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

China officially launched its Tianwen-2 mission from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, marking a major step in its growing ...

Scientists Stunned to Find a Secret Ocean World Deep Beneath the Ice in the Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter Tucked ...

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

Viewers in New York will get a chance to see Vesta close to opposition after the sun goes down on May 2. The asteroid will reach its highest point in the night sky approximately an hour after midnight ...

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another asteroid. Scientists had concluded that it sported some fundamental ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space.

marking the ideal period to spot the second largest asteroid orbiting in the rocky belt of debris located between Mars and Jupiter. A solar system body is considered to be 'in opposition' when it ...

China is set to launch its first asteroid sampling mission, Tianwen 2, on Thursday, according to the China National Space ...