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

The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as ...

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.

Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...

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 ...

Astronomers have detected 138 decameter-sized rocky bodies in the main asteroid belt, marking the smallest asteroids ever ...

For most astronomers, asteroids are sort of seen as the vermin of the sky, in the sense that they just cross your field of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found many small asteroids. Some are heading towards Earth. These asteroids are smaller ...

A file photo of a fireball meteor (main) and the ESA map of the asteroid's expected entry ... Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and ...