Recent advancements in asteroid research, particularly through the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, have unlocked ...

Scientists have discovered that the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is gradually losing mass, revealing a more turbulent past for our Solar System.

The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...

Instead, they’re much closer, in resonance with Venus. But they’re so difficult to observe that they remain invisible, even ...

An Australian company that is a leader in taking images of spacecraft in low Earth orbit wants to widen its aperture to monitor higher orbits and beyond.

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown asteroid impact hidden in tiny glass fragments scattered across South Australia. Curtin University scientists have contributed to the discovery of ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our ...

Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will ...

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

However, as per the study, published in the July edition of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, the researchers have said ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

Sunlight also plays a role. As asteroids absorb heat from the sun and re-emit it, they experience a tiny push, known as the ...