British scientists have been able to decipher a circular clay tablet that was discovered 150 years ago by a Victorian archaeologist. The cuneiform drawings on the tablet are believed to ...

Asteroid (2867), also known as Steins Asteroid, was photographed by the European Space Agency probe Rosetta on September 5, 2008. Due to an unknown software malfunction, the probe's camera ...

On October 5, 2008, an asteroid on a collision course with earth was identified by astronomers at Catalina Sky Survey observatory in Tucson, Arizona.National Geographic: Boulder-Size Asteroid ... (October 6 ...

Vesta is one of the most massive objects orbiting in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Although Vesta is classified as an asteroid, its geological composition and geographical features ...

2007 WD5 is an asteroid with a one in 10,000 chance of colliding with Mars on January 30, 2008. The potential explosion would be the equivalent of a 15-megaton ...

Ceres is the largest object orbiting within the Asteroid Belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Once considered an asteroid, Ceres has since been upgraded to a Dwarf Planet. Ceres is ...

The Near Earth Object program is a NASA program designed to detect and track asteroids and comets that could get reach the Earth. NASA aims to locate at least 90 ...