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

The Main Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The largest objects there have been known for ...

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

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

The majority of known asteroids orbit inside the main asteroid belt which is positioned between Mars and Jupiter at an average distance of around 250 million k ...

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

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

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 ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

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 ...

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