Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...

The Main Asteroid Belt's smallest ever asteroids have been detected, as discovered in a new study. The belt is located ...

Now, an international team of astronomers has located more than 100 of these so-called “decameter” asteroids, named because ...

The majority of the known asteroids orbit within the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter at an average ...

Astronomers have discovered 138 tiny asteroids in the main belt, marking a breakthrough in planetary defence and asteroid ...

MIT astronomers have developed a new method to detect small decameter asteroids, as small as 10 meters in diameter, within ...

Scientists have discovered seven more "dark comets," and analysis of this haul suggests that the puzzling planetoids are ...

In a paper appearing in the journal Nature, an international team including University of Liège astronomers report the ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

Maruthi Akella, a professor at the University of Texas, has been honored with the naming of an asteroid located more than a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt ...

The newly named Maruthiakella asteroid was named after professor Maruthi Akella. It's located in the main asteroid belt ...