There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

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.

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

The first main belt comet was discovered in 1996, but “you can always explain one weirdo,” Dr. Snodgrass said, suggesting that the belt could have captured an interloping comet. However, eight ...

A new study has concluded that Earth's mini-moons may not have come from the asteroid belt as we once thought, but a source far closer to home. Mini-moons are small asteroids or comets that can ...

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, ...

The asteroid is Leona, a slowly rotating, oblong space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers hope to learn more about Betelgeuse and Leona through the eclipse, which ...

The asteroid, named 2023 LZ, is predicted to pass the Earth at a distance of 0.00212 astronomical units or A.U.—one A.U. is the distance between the Earth and the sun, or around 93,000,000 miles.

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according to Space.com.There's no cause for concern – at least not yet.

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 ...