We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend ...

Where do meteorites come from? A new analysis of 75 fall events suggests that meteorites with different geologies travel from different places in the asteroid belt, which separates Mars and Jupiter.

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the ...

Interestingly, asteroid (20) Massalia, the parent of this family, is also an H chondrite type. Meteorites with less iron—called L and LL chondrites—mostly come from the inner asteroid belt.

In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid belt. Where do meteorites of different type come ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) completed reviewing the critical design phase of the mission, with the participation of a group of Emirati and international experts, the UAE Space ...

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) between February 24 and 26, 2025. This achievement was ...

ABU DHABI, 11th March, 2025 (WAM) -- The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) between ...