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 ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...

Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

These asteroids would yield more valuable resources than the ones closer to Earth, yet getting to the Main Belt will be a real challenge that can't be tackled yet. It may be possible, though, to ...

The resonant “pumping” stretching the orbit both inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth’s orbit, giving it a chance to impact. The much more ...