Can asteroids have moons?

Planets can have moons but can large asteroids have them too?

Ceres’ organic material most likely made by dwarf planet

After ruling out the transportation of substances by asteroids and comets, scientists conclude that organics likely originate from Ceres

In the first billion years of Earth’s history, the planet was bombarded by primordial space rocks, while a faint Sun provided much less heat

Astronomers are busy tinkering with a high-tech instrument that could discover a variety of objects both far from Earth and closer to home

Bright spots seen by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres are likely to be salt deposits

Moving features within the dusty disc surrounding young star AU Microscopii have been discovered

Water discovered on the lunar surface didn’t come from comets, according to new research

We take a brand new breathtaking tour of dwarf planet Pluto in the latest issue

We find out if it’s easy to spot the chunks of space rock that litter our Solar System

How do we know for sure that this distant world is an exoplanet and not a comet or an asteroid?

Just when comets were the only space rocks thought to have tails, along comes asteroid P/2013 P5 with six.

Find out what makes these space-faring rocks so interesting.