Scientists believe they are remnants from the solar system’s formation about 4.6 billion years ago. Millions of asteroids are concentrated in the region between Mars and Jupiter, known as the main ...

There are millions of rocks orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in a region known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and pick up a new course, such as this one.

Here's your look at Jitter in this trailer for the sci-fi exploration and survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive after a mysterious incident hit a ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

The chances has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, officials said. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

IT starts with a glimmer in the sky – just a pinprick of light, barely distinguishable from the stars. But this is no distant celestial body – this is a massive 2,560-foot-wide ...

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 all ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting ... That does not mean we wouldn't see it. Rankin told Live Science that, based on current estimates, a collision with the moon could release more ...

NASA and the ESA's Webb Space Telescope will observe the asteroid for a few more weeks before it disappears from view as it heads towards Jupiter. It will not be able to be viewed again until 2028.

NASA analysis of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 indicates it has >1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, which also means there's ~99% chance this asteroid will not impact. Such initial ...