Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

Unlike most asteroids, which are composed of cosmic sediment, Vesta’s surface is volcanic basalt, indicating that it ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

A Nasa spacecraft has captured its first detailed images of an unexplored asteroid, revealing a bizarrely shaped ...

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 ...

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 ...