For a long time, it has been unclear whether Ceres formed in the asteroid belt or traveled inward from the edge of the solar system. Now, a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for So ...

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. Its formation ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

the research team concluded that the space rock was rich in silicates and that this meant it "most likely" originated from the solar system's main asteroid belt. The asteroid was likely pushed ...

Now European Southern Observatory (ESO) thinks one of the objects floating along the main belt might be the smallest dwarf planet in our solar system — an asteroid known as Hygiea. Hygiea isn ...

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 ...

In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid belt. Where do meteorites of different type come ...

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 ...

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.