Most meteorites that impact the Earth come from the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter's orbits, where over a million space rocks, each more than 0.6 miles wide, circle the sun.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected this asteroid belt around the star Fomalhaut, only 25 light-years away. For years, scientists have studied Fomalhaut’s debris disk, ...

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the Main Asteroid Belt," Jay Tate, director of the Spaceguard Center observatory in the U.K ...

Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth.

Jedicke was not involved in the new study. Asteroid 2024 PT5 came from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.

The encounter will take place 139 million miles from Earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, so far away that it will take 12 minutes for each bit of data to reach flight ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

For the next two months, an unusual object about the size of a bus will be orbiting above our heads. Say hello to Earth’s temporary new mini-moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history. Skip to content.