All of this information suggests that the asteroid came from the main asteroid belt in our solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter.

The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. Despite popular imagery ...

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 United Arab Emirates Space Agency has unveiled plans to build a spacecraft to go explore the main Asteroid belt for the first time.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact ...

Whenever the plot starts to drag in a space sci-fi movie, the scriptwriter will throw in the dreaded "Asteroid Belt", or even the "Asteroid Storm". In the Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back ...

The biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt is Vesta. Asteroids are divided into three types based on their composition. M-types asteroids are metallic, made of nickel and iron.

One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse.

This strange asteroid could be the exposed heart of a failed planet—or something even more mysterious. NASA is about to find out.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.

An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers.

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 ...