Published in Nature Astronomy, the new images show two belts around Fomalhaut that could be analogous to the Asteroid Belt and Kuiper belts in our Solar System. Taking advantage of the stunning ...

The object, discovered in 2021 and given the temporary name 2021 L4, orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt, taking 3,956 days (10.83 years) to do so. When it was first spotted ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt ...

These "decameter" asteroids, measuring just tens of meters across, are more likely to escape the main asteroid belt and migrate in to become near-Earth objects. If they make impact, these small ...

Until now, only objects with a diameter of at least several hundred meters were known in the asteroid belt; most of them were too small. This is changing. Using a new approach, an international ...

The object is likely the smallest observed to date by Webb and belongs to the poorly known sub-kilometer category in the Main Belt. A previously unknown asteroid about 300-650 feet/100–200 ...