An unusual approach to spotting tiny asteroids uses James Webb Space Telescope data in a boost for planetary defense research ...

Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...

The majority of known asteroids orbit inside the main asteroid belt, which is positioned between Mars and Jupiter at an ...

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

The TRAPPIST-1 system became quickly the most observed and the best characterized exoplanetary system. In 2023, Gillon and ...

New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.

Oct. 12, 2021 — Astronomers have imaged 42 of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. The observations reveal a wide range of peculiar shapes, from spherical ...

NASA's Dawn mission communicated with Earth for the last time, ending its exploration of Ceres and Vesta, the two largest ...

The majority of the known asteroids orbit within the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter at an average ...

In a paper appearing in the journal Nature, an international team including University of Liège astronomers report the ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

Researchers were able to discover over 100 small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. These asteroids, ranging from the size ...