Scientists believe Ryugu formed on the outskirts of the early solar system before migrating in toward the asteroid belt, eventually settling into an orbit between Earth and Mars. The team analyzed ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

But the asteroid belt itself is still an enigma ... Here I'm gonna make a model of the solar system. This rock is my sun, and I'm gonna place it right there, and an inch away, I'm gonna place ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu have shed light on the origins of the outer solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu ...

Astronomers have scrambled to collect as much data as possible about Earth's temporary mini moon before it leaves. They've ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

"The Trojan asteroid was in the process of gravitationally 'bouncing' between the giant planets when it got snagged by Saturn." Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

It was a dishwasher-size capsule filled with bits of ancient asteroid—priceless matter from the dawn of the solar system ... known as the Main Asteroid Belt, Bennu lies along an orbital plane ...