Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and its gravity strongly influences the movement of asteroids and comets. While it can capture or deflect some dangerous objects, it can also disturb ...

There were concerns that Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon or Earth.

Recent observation using the James Webb Space Telescope confirms that the citykiller asteroid 2024 YR4 will not collide with ...

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 ...

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that’s breaking records. Astronomers have spotted a celestial rock the size of seven football pitches ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, may have been responsible for a mysterious age gap in the early solar system's planet building blocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya ...

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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system. See new photos from a European Space Agency orbiter on its way to Jupiter.