Astronomers studied it for clues to how early planets grew, and what Earth might have looked like in its infancy.

Discovered in 2003 by Saanich-based astronomer Dave Balam, the kilometre-wide space rock now officially carries the name of ...

After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...