Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as ...

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

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.

NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.

With the James Webb Space Telescope and updated processing techniques, researchers have detected asteroids just tens of ...

Astronomers have detected 138 decameter-sized rocky bodies in the main asteroid belt, marking the smallest asteroids ever ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed. A team led by ...

It’s a perfect popcorn moment. Now, please forget all that as we address the question: How can spacecraft in this solar system pass through the asteroid belt unscathed? The simple answer is ...

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