Asteroids

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

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The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

How NASA Science Data Defends Earth from Asteroids

In the pinball world of asteroids, a mudball meteorite avoided collisions - EurekAlert!

Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system

Scientists say 2 asteroids may actually be fragments of destroyed planets from our early solar system

AI Reveals How Asteroids Brought Life’s Building Blocks to Ceres

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Takes First Steps Toward Saving Earth From Asteroids

Atlas of Space: An interactive visualization to explore the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.

Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Astrophysicists to Search for Primordial Black Holes in Planets, Asteroids, and Materials on Earth

Are Asteroids Really Worth a Fortune? Here's What We Know.

How Much Are Asteroids Really Worth?

Forget Hollywood, science has real plans to defend us from asteroids

Astronauts could hitch a ride on asteroids to get to Venus or Mars

Meteor Strikes Unveil Hidden Water Flows on Moons and Asteroids

Astronauts could mine asteroids for food someday, scientists say

The moon, Mars, asteroids and Jupiter: China reveals ambitious space exploration plans

Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream