Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

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 ...

The scientists made a computer model of the solar nebula ... the known solar systems in our galaxy possess a Jupiter-type planet in the right place to create an asteroid belt like ours.

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is six days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with ...

Solar Wave Squeezed ... types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed ...

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 ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid ... of our solar system." More information: Simone Marchi et al, A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of Asteroid ...

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.

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 ...