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Resaerchers found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families.

Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists believe that a small asteroid in the Main Asteroid Belt called "Dinky" birthed its own Moon. Actually, two of them.

Astronomers Surprised After Finding Tiny Moon Is Actually Two Tiny Moons in a Trenchcoat

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission has officially been launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX Launches NASA Mission to Metallic Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced the accidental discovery of an "extremely small" asteroid by the James Webb Space Telescope — but in space, size is relative.

James Webb Space Telescope

Baby Asteroid Photobombs James Webb On Accident

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers have spotted two space rocks in the asteroid belt that are teeming with organic matter, possibly the building blocks of life on Earth.

Scientists Surprised by Objects of “Complex Organic Matter” in Asteroid Belt

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists thought the asteroid belt was either the remains of a destroyed planet or the raw materials to make a new one, but the answer is more complex.

Is the Asteroid Belt What’s Left of an Obliterated Planet?

By Dan Robitzski

The asteroid belt will get turned into dust when, as the Sun is finally dying, it will get incredibly bright, and destroy ithe entire asteroid belt. Fun!

Science & Energy

In Its Dying Gasp, Our Sun Will Obliterate the Asteroid Belt

By Jon Christian

The asteroid Hygiea is actually our solar system's smallest dwarf planet, astronomers determine using Very Large Telescope data.

Scientists Detect the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System

By Kristin Houser

Science Explained: What Causes the Bright Spots on Ceres?

Science Explained: What Causes the Bright Spots on Ceres?