Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.

There are so many asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter — millions of them — that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and can end up ...

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing the Critical ...

Large asteroids in the main asteroid belt (MAB) are easier to study. Their large sizes mean they produce a bigger signal when observed, and astronomers can more easily determine their orbits.

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as ...

They are principally found concentrated in the main asteroid belt, orbiting around the sun between the paths of Mars and Jupiter. However, gravitational interactions (typically with the massive ...