Asteroids: What Are They and Where Do They Come From?
Jul 15, 2014 · Just what are asteroids, exactly? They're rocky objects left over from the solar system's formation, found mostly in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Newly Discovered Asteroid Circles the Sun Inside Venus’s Orbit
Oct 22, 2025 · Astronomers have discovered a second asteroid in the inner solar system, circling the Sun almost entirely within the orbit of Venus.
How Venus Ended Up with a Mini-Moon Named Zoozve
Feb 9, 2024 · Thanks to some misread handwriting, a temporary mini-moon of Venus has just been bestowed with an unusual name.
Ingredients of Life Discovered on Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu
Feb 5, 2025 · Samples from the asteroid's surface returned to Earth in 2023. NASA GSFC / University of Arizona In 2016, NASA launched a probe to collect samples from the asteroid …
Asteroid Won't Hit Earth, But Might Hit Moon - Sky & Telescope
Feb 28, 2025 · An artist's illustration of an asteroid N. Bartmann / ESA / Webb / ESO / M. Kornmesser and S. Brunier / N. Risinger “We are all rooting for the Moon!” Richard Binzel …
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: What We Know Now - Sky & Telescope
Jul 28, 2025 · Telescopes on Earth and above it have their eyes on the third-ever interstellar object ever seen inside our solar system, Comet 3I/ATLAS. Already, telescopes including the …
Meet 2025 PN7, Earth’s New Quasi-moon - Sky & Telescope
Sep 2, 2025 · For now, the newly discovered asteroid bears the unassuming assigned name of 2025 PN 7. Of the seven previously known quasi-moons of Earth, only two so far have been …
Webb Telescope to Weigh in on Impact Odds for Asteroid 2024 YR4
Feb 13, 2025 · The original story appears below. This diagram shows the predicted orbit of asteroid 2024 YR4, which is slightly angled compared to the plane of Earth's orbit. (Note that …
Rare Interstellar Comet Buzzes Solar System - Sky & Telescope
Jul 7, 2025 · A newfound comet from a remote star system may become bright enough to see in amateur telescopes this November.
China Launches Tianwen 2 Asteroid Sample Return Mission
May 29, 2025 · China joins the asteroid sample return game, with the ambitious Tianwen 2 mission, which launched successfully on Thursday (local time).