R ecent studies suggest that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may harbor the building ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system ... First, the axis tilt of Ceres, currently 4 degrees, is higher than the moon's 1.5 degree tilt, so more of the crater rims are sunlit and ...

Newly discovered materials on the distant asteroid Ceres leads to speculation that aliens may have once called it home. Produced by Noah Friedman. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig. Follow BI ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied ...

The deposits could prove crucial in comparing the evolved water in the dwarf planet Ceres -- located in the Asteroid Belt -- and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, since researchers believe these ...

That's because this space rock, designated asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-48 chance of impacting Earth in 2032. For obvious reasons, astronomers are desperate to learn as much as they can about ...

The deposits could prove crucial in comparing the evolved water in the dwarf planet Ceres—located in the Asteroid Belt—and ... DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02418-1 ...