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

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

Asteroid-detecting AI algorithms have already identified 27,000 new pieces of space debris, bringing the known number to 1.3 ...

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

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

Illustration of the main asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars and JupiterNASA NASA's powerful James Webb Space ...

Decameter asteroids — referring to asteroids tens of meters in size — originate in the main asteroid belt between Mars ... stacking the shifted images can reveal it — as if the camera ...

The past year in aerospace was so full of exciting developments that we had a tough time picking a final five. From the rise ...

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.

The method involves shifting multiple images of the same field of view ... As it happens, asteroids that orbit in the main asteroid belt are much brighter at infrared wavelengths than at visible ...

As 2025 begins, a thrilling array of space missions awaits humanity, making the new year a landmark year for space ...