We've all heard about the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a colossal rock 10 kilometers wide. However, there are some smaller ones too. These space rocks are called decameter asteroids ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The finding could lead to better tracking of the tiny but ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

Decameter asteroids — referring to asteroids tens of meters in size — originate in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Because smaller asteroids are more susceptible to sunlight ...

Without Jupiter (and its migration), Mars may well have been the size of Venus and earth, or even bigger, Kane said. The low-mass Main Asteroid Belt model in which Mars had very little material in ...

Previously, the smallest asteroid which could be picked up in the rubble field belt of millions of asteroid ... have been pinpointed between Mars and Jupiter for the first time.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours ...

NASA reveals Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, with frozen oceans and signs of ancient hydrothermal activity, ...