News
Astronomers capture the birth of a new solar system
Digest more
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Astronomy on MSN6h
The Sky Today on Saturday, July 19: Vesta forms a double starAsteroid 4 Vesta stands near a background star in the evening sky, creating a temporary artificial double star to enjoy.
In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...
The main asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, makes up 0.05 percent the mass of Earth. The asteroids there can range greatly in mass, with the four largest ones — Ceres ...
Asteroid belts of just the right size are friendly to life Date: November 1, 2012 Source: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Summary: Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if ...
The first asteroid belt ever seen outside the solar system is more complex than expected, astronomers found, using observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Looking at the warm dust around a ...
"The asteroid belt suffered from having this really bad neighbor next door," said Christopher Russell, a professor of geophysics and space physics at the University of California, ...
The asteroid belt, a ring of rubble between Mars and Jupiter, has sometimes been written off as discarded leftovers from the solar system's start. But new research published in the journal Nature ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback