The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Most meteorites, however, originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt—a vast region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where more than a million asteroids circle the sun.

Images from Dawn's camera system show that a crater wall rises ... Therefore, Ceres must've formed at the edge of the solar system and moved to the asteroid belt. However, the current study ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed of chunks of rock and ice like comets, dwarf planets, and random objects ...

These so-called Kirkwood gaps are not obvious since they show up only in plots ... with Jupiter to leave the asteroid belt, ...

The solar system contains hundreds of dwarf planets, including Ceres, which can be found in the asteroid belt. Asteroids are made of metals and rocky material. There are many asteroids in our ...

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system. What is the ... Most are from the asteroid belt, a jumble of rocks between the orbits ...

which inhabits the Solar System's main asteroid belt. It's thought this asteroid could be up to 95% nickel and iron, which is similar to the Earth's core. Studying it will therefore increase our ...