13 December 2017
Bright spots suggest Ceres is surprisingly active
... Earth (and not merely visit or flyby) and the only craft to orbit an object in the debris-strewn asteroid belt. Ceres is a world of both rock and ice. With a dark, rigid protective crust, a less rigid interior, and...
27 June 2018
Hayabusa2 reaches Ryugu after a 42 month journey
... underwater palace in Japanese folktale – is composed mainly of carbon, meaning Ryugu is a 'C-type' asteroid. C-Types are found most frequently at the outer edge of the asteroid belt and are the most common variety, forming around 75 percent of known...
16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... ancient space rock that forms around 80 percent of known asteroids, most of which are strewn about the outer edges of the asteroid belt. Scientists are interested in c-type asteroids because their composition is thought to be similar to that of the...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... corresponds to about 400 times the Earth–Moon distance). NEOs are asteroids, small bodies composed predominantly of stony material ejected from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter due to gravitational and non-gravitational perturbations...
18 January 2019
Asteroid impacts on the increase since the age of the dinosaurs
...more than 290 million years ago in the main asteroid belt (between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) created...planets causing rocks to rain down on us. So, with an increase in asteroid strikes on the horizon, how does that bode for us humans, considering...
06 October 2021
UAE aims to flyby Venus and land on an asteroid in new 5yr mission
... visit Venus on its way to exploring the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid...spend five years exploring our cosmic back yard before culminating in an asteroid landing attempt in 2033; a feat only achieved by three other ...
