Astronomers have spotted an asteroid the size of nearly eight football fields, with the help of the largest digital camera in ...
Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...
Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...
This artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45 — the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists ...
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Asteroid belt: Facts & formation
Scattered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the main asteroid belt — a vast region filled with rocky remnants left over from the birth of the solar system. These objects, known as asteroids ...
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
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