From asteroid mining and doctors operating using holograms, to people being able to use an implanted microchip in their arm ...

NASA is investigating "dark comets," mysterious celestial bodies lacking the bright tails typical of comets. With ...

New novels by Peter F. Hamilton, Lavanya Lakshminarayan and Maurice Broaddus bring us to the stars and beyond.

The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...

It’s a perfect popcorn moment. Now, please forget all that as we address the question: How can spacecraft in this solar system pass through the asteroid belt unscathed? The simple answer is ...

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

Asteroids aren’t all the same. Some are rich in metals like nickel and iron, others are made of carbon-rich materials, and some are stony. Scientists classify them into groups like C-type ...

This comet is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By analyzing the comet’s materials, researchers hope to learn more about the conditions that existed in the early solar ...