The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed it is closely monitoring an asteroid that could hit the Earth in 2032. The ...

has discovered an asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Soon, he will have the rare honour of naming it. The asteroid, provisionally named '2023 OG40,' was identified ...

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Typically, asteroids — like the one depicted in this artist’s concept — originate from the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but a small population of near-Earth objects may ...

Most asteroids are found in the asteroid belt, but some stray off course into wider orbits. The largest asteroid in that belt is Vesta, 329 miles wide or 530 kilometers, but there are millions ...

De la Fuente Marcos’ paper in September suggested that the object is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

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How on Earth was a Tesla Roadster electric sports car confused with an asteroid and what was it doing orbiting the sun in the ...

Asteroids in our solar system are mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Occasionally, interactions with the gravity of the planets can cause an asteroid to be ejected from ...

Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus also ...