How do spacecraft avoid collisions when passing through the asteroid belt? Val-David SmithsonPleasant Grove, Utah Let's begin ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

Decameter asteroids — referring to asteroids tens of meters in size — originate in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Because smaller asteroids are more susceptible to sunlight ...