Scientists in Antarctica successfully drilled thousands of feet beneath the surface and excavated an unprecedented ice core ...

The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A new study has found that its crust ...

The asteroid is one of the most intriguing and ... from the sun where temperatures are low enough for water to turn to ice. The findings have implications for what NASA will find at 16 Psyche ...

Centaurs are thought to have originated out in the frozen realm beyond Neptune, but later moved in-system after their orbits were perturbed by gravitational resonances with the ice giant.

This means they are close enough to the sun for any ice the asteroid may have been carrying to sublimate (or change from solid ice directly into gas), the university explains. As Taylor notes ...

The asteroid (16) Psyche is estimated to be worth ... Unlike most asteroids that are composed of rock and ice, Psyche’s ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.

The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

unveiling its unique dual nature as both asteroid and comet. The research led by Dr. Noemí Pinilla-Alonso and Dr. Charles Schambeau reveals carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice on Chiron's ...

The JWST found carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide ice on the surface, and carbon dioxide and methane gas in Chiron's thin coma. The presence and abundance of methane is consistent with the ...