A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually.

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

If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our solar system’s space rocks. The asteroid belt is as old as the solar system ...

The article clarifies that fictional portrayals of asteroid fields, such as those depicting densely packed objects, are vastly overstated and do not reflect the true nature of the solar system's main ...

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed. When our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, 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 to 14.

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue." Ten years ago, astronomers from various institutions, including NASA and SETI (Search for ...