Between Mars and Jupiter lies a vast cosmic junkyard of rocky debris – the Asteroid Belt. For centuries, this region was merely considered a failed planet or cosmic leftovers. However, modern ...

NASA has defined asteroids as small, rocky objects that orbit the sun like planets, but they are much smaller in size. Most ...

With a diameter exceeding 930 kilometers, Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt. This dwarf planet—which shares some characteristics with planets but doesn't meet all the ...

The encounter will take place 139 million miles (223 million kilometers) from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, so far away it will take 12 minutes for each bit of data to ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth-crossing asteroids could originate from.

located 139 million miles away in the asteroid belt. This flyby serves as a crucial test for Lucy's upcoming mission to explore the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, offering a glimpse into the solar ...

The encounter will take place 139 million miles from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, so far away it will take 12 minutes for each bit of data to reach flight controllers ...

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