Cosmic twist: James Webb detects hints of water on world’s priciest asteroid worth $100,000 quadrillion Psyche, spanning 173 miles (280 km) at its widest, stands out in the asteroid belt.

Sky surveillance is important. Asteroid 2025 MM: Star gazers and astronomers are pointing to an airplane-sized asteroid 2025 MM, which will have a close but safe flyby of Earth this week.

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A popular myth suggests the asteroid belt was once a planet that broke apart. But in reality, the total mass of all asteroids in the belt is only about 4% of our Moon.

An asteroid goes missing, and it’s not what you’d expect… What secrets are drifting in the belt?

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another asteroid. Scientists had concluded that it sported some fundamental ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt.

Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt Knowing from what debris field in the asteroid belt our meteorites originate is important for planetary defense efforts against Near Earth Asteroids.

The near-Earth asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is estimated to be up to 300 feet across.

MIT astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, “decameter,” asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging ...

Astronomers report the detection of 138 decameter rocky bodies in the main asteroid belt, the smallest ever detected with important implications for the asteroid population and the planetary defense.

More 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 ...