The review yielded positive results, reflecting remarkable progress in the national team’s capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

They are found concentrated in the main asteroid belt, orbiting around the sun between the paths of Mars and Jupiter. The orbits of asteroids bring them within 120 million miles of the sun.

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) between February 24 and 26, 2025. This achievement was ...

But Hera will not reach the asteroid -- which is 11 million kilometres from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter -- until late 2026. On the long voyage there, the spacecraft received a ...

Most asteroids that pose a risk to Earth come from the Asteroid belt in our solar system. “Most of them are between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, but some of them get their orbits ...