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Scientists find secret comet in the asteroid belt — how many others are there?

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has ...
The Hill

UAE announces groundbreaking mission to asteroid belt, seeking clues to life’s origins

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans Monday to send a spaceship to explore the solar system’s main asteroid belt, the latest space project by the oil-rich nation ...
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14-year-old Noida boy discovers asteroid via NASA project, set to name it

A 14-year-old boy from Shiv Nadar School in Noida will name an asteroid that he discovered located in the asteroid belt ...
Digital Trends

UAE to send its first mission to solar system’s main asteroid belt

Following the success of its mission to Mars, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to send a new spacecraft to an asteroid belt to investigate the history of the solar system and the potential origins ...
SpaceNews

Webb Space Telescope Detects An Extremely Small Main-Belt Asteroid

Image Credit: N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), ESO/M. Kornmesser and S. Brunier, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) A previously unknown 100–200-metre asteroid — roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — has been ...
The New York Times

The United Arab Emirates Is Heading for the Asteroid Belt

After a successful mission to Mars, the Emirati space agency is planning a tour of the debris field between Mars and Jupiter, with a focus on one of its most intriguing objects. By Kenneth Chang ...