A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this ...

If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the discovery.

The object, initially thought to be a meteorite, could actually be Zond 1, a Soviet spacecraft that was destined for Venus 60 ...

Gaia’s full-sky survey generated a massive database tracking how asteroids reflect light as they rotate. These measurements, called light curves, reveal changes in brightness over time. When ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...

Answer: It’s a comet that comes from another stellar system, from another star. It’s the third one we’ve ever discovered. The first, 1I/ʻOumuamua, resembled an asteroid more than a comet, but the ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon this fall. A newly discovered asteroid will orbit the planet starting in late September. What is Earth's 'second moon'? Scientists discovered asteroid 2024 ...

When most people imagine Earth's asteroid belt, they picture a dense ring of orbiting rocks, locked in place between Mars and ...

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has completed reviewing the Critical Design phase of the mission. A key milestone in the programme’s timeline, this review aims to discuss the details ...