It’s a perfect popcorn moment. Now, please forget all that as we address the question: How can spacecraft in this solar system pass through the asteroid belt unscathed? The simple answer is ...
When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...
Illustration by Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA In 2023, data from the JWST revealed the inner workings of the asteroid belt in the Fomalhaut star system. The nearby planetary system actually has ...
"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," astronomer Jay Tate said.