Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

A team of school students and teachers has discovered 11 small astronomical objects in our solar system, including one provisionally recognized by a NASA-backed program as a main belt asteroid (MBA).

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 to 14.

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

with its large mirror and state of the art instrumentation is particularly sensitive to infrared rather than visible light. “And as it happens, asteroids that orbit in the main asteroid belt are ...

How do spacecraft avoid collisions when passing through the asteroid belt? Val-David Smithson Pleasant Grove, Utah Let's ...

Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their ... could do that using state-of-the-art GPUs -- graphics processing ...

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 ...

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

These "decameter" asteroids, measuring just tens of meters across, are more likely to escape the main asteroid belt and migrate in ... do that using state-of-the-art GPUs—graphics processing ...

These “decameter” asteroids, measuring just tens of meters across, are more likely to escape the main asteroid belt and migrate ... do that using state-of-the-art GPUs — graphics processing ...