What would happen if you obtained space-bending abilities and decided to test them out by placing Earth between the two ...
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 ...
The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...
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 asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed.
Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...
Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The ...
Juno orbits the sun once every 4.26 years and is a part of the Asteroid Belt of space debris between the planets Mars and Jupiter, according to NASA. It is a bright "S-type" stony asteroid. It is the ...