In addition to the eight major planets, the Sweden Solar System also includes models of some moons, asteroids, and comets, such as the asteroid Vesta (3 cm in diameter) at a school in Täby and the ...

Is there evidence of a planet ever existing between Mars and Jupiter? MarkSmithtown, New York This splendid question gives us ...

The Nasa spacecraft Dawn is getting up close and personal with the asteroid Vesta. Sir Patrick Moore discusses the first fly-by images of this most unusual asteroid. Sir Patrick Moore discusses the ...

The minor planet Vesta is now visible in the evening sky ... Patrick Moore and Harold Ridley discuss the Leonid meteor stream and why its brilliant display is intermittent. Patrick Moore and Henry ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, observations now suggest a 2% chance of it striking the moon ...

There's a series of celestial events happening this month, so mark your calendars Getty Forget the rain — April has its own set of meteor showers lighting up the heavens! This month is often ...

n huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

The biggest will be the Lyrid meteor shower, which is one of the oldest known meteor showers. The shower becomes visible in mid-April and peaks near the end of the month. All the events will be ...

An asteroid that could be the size of a 10-storey building will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon have doubled. Asteroid 2024 YR4 briefly had a small chance of ...