The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this ...

Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...

We've all heard about the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a colossal rock 10 kilometers wide. However, there are some smaller ones too. These space rocks are called decameter asteroids, which ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. It will be ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew about 600 miles above an asteroid named Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday, sending back the first close-ups of this oblong, potato-like object believed to be about 150 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The ...

This image from video animation provided by NASA in October 2022 depicts the Lucy spacecraft. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this ...