A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our ...

Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter is an enormous ring of space rocks. The region, known as the asteroid belt, is home to an ...

The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...

Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Scientists have discovered that the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is gradually losing mass, revealing a more turbulent past for our Solar System.

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

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The ...