New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...

The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, there are also ...

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

This asteroid is due to zoom past the Earth on October 28 ... that didn't happen" that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter ...

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

Scientists know that the vast majority of meteorites that come crashing down to Earth originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt: a region between Mars and Jupiter where irregularly ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

A city-sized asteroid is heading towards Earth this October and it is set ... mainly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Khaleej Times reached out to experts in the UAE to ...