"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

On October 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

If true, Psyche may have initially been a water-rich body that later migrated inward to its current position in the asteroid ...

DeAgostini / Getty Images Researchers found that the Karin ... “Maybe we’re only just seeing a tiny fraction” of the asteroid belt’s full bounty of material, she tells Science News.

Most of the meteorites that land on Earth today can be traced back to just three recent collisions out in the asteroid belt, according to a pair of recent studies. It’s hard to trace meteorites ...

These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt 5.8, 7.5, and about 40 million years ago. The team also revealed the sources of other types of ...

Get exclusive content with Gulf News WhatsApp channel The initiative, part of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, marks one of the largest space initiatives undertaken by the UAE.

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event ...

These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt 5.8, 7.5, and about 40 million years ago. The team also revealed the sources of other types of ...

Jupiter has so many because it lies next to the asteroid belt and has a massive gravitational ... In this case, 2019 UO 14 was also found to appear in prior images where its position could be ...