NASA reports that two asteroids, 2024 YC9 and 2024 YL1, will safely pass by Earth on January 3, 2025. Asteroid 2024 YC9, the ...

The dwarf planet Ceres became the first body of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it #Today (January 1st) in 1801. [...] ...

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 new year brings a new feature. On this date in space exploration history will bring you daily facts about the history of ...

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

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an ...

These asteroids vary widely in size, from tiny pebbles to large bodies, such as Ceres—the largest asteroid and a dwarf planet—which has an average diameter of about 590 miles. The main belt ...

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

the smallest ever detected in the main asteroid belt. Since 2016, de Wit and his team have used the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile to learn more about the ...