Asteroids are debris from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most of them exist within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
A team of school students and teachers has discovered 11 small astronomical objects in our solar system, including one provisionally recognized by a NASA-backed program as a main belt asteroid (MBA).
massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...
Asteroids aren’t just chunks of ice and rock, but storehouses of precious metals. The asteroid belt is estimated to contain $700 quintillion worth of resources. Mining for metals won’t make ...