China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

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

The project is arguably a much more daunting undertaking than making it to Mars because the asteroid belt is much farther away (sitting between Mars and Jupiter), and the team will have to contend ...

Comets masquerading as asteroids are being found in increasing numbers, with 14 now known in the asteroid belt. A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the ...

Most of the identified asteroids were located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. B612 Asteroid Institute/University of Washington DiRAC Institute/OpenSpace Project ...

Daksh Malik, a Class 9 student, made the initial detection of the asteroid, now temporarily named ‘2023 OG40’, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Main-belt comets exhibit comet-like activity and asteroid-like orbits within the asteroid belt. The administration said that mission planners want to accomplish two major engineering goals through ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these ...

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