Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, ...

The new study looked at binary asteroids — asteroids with moons. Binary asteroids are systems in which two asteroids are gravitationally bound and orbit a common center of mass.

Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to new research, about 20 percent of them do.

New data about binary asteroids comes from ESA's Gaia mission, a space-based telescope which has spotted new potential moons around 350 asteroids. Skip to main content Menu ...

Hundreds of asteroids in our solar system have a secret moon, a European Space Agency spacecraft has discovered. ESA's Gaia mission, which is designed to map the stars in our Milky Way galaxy in ...

In the next decade, NASA and its collaborators are turning their gaze back to the Moon. The agency is looking to land astronauts there in 2025 as part of the ongoing Artemis program; this would be ...

The Moon does indeed have a significant gravity well (about 1/6 that of the Earth) and although this works against us when we want to export product, it works in our favor when we need to process ...

They can have moons. Some asteroids are large enough to have moons. In 1993, the Galileo spacecraft discovered the first asteroid moon. Ida, an S-type asteroid, has a moon named Dactyl.

The moon is wetter than you might think. ... Asteroids splashed into the young moon – and they may be the source of its water. June 1, 2016 More than ...

Earth’s moon has more in common with large asteroids roaming our solar system than previously thought, according to NASA and international researchers. Scientists from NASA’s Lunar Science ...

The number of asteroids colliding with the Earth and moon has increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years, according to a major new study involving the University of Southampton.