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 ...

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 ...

A new study reports that this space rock likely hails from the central region of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — a cosmic "suburb" scientists don't typically associate with ...

Studies show that 2024 YR4 came from the middle region of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists find it peculiar that 2024 YR4 came from this part of space since this area does ...

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 ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday ...

of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on Sunday in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's named for the paleontologist who discovered the fossil Lucy 50 years ago in ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...