Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

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A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading away gradually. In a new study, planetary scientist Julio A. Fernández of Uruguay’s Universidad ...

Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called Trojan asteroids, are already known for the other three giant planets. “Saturn was ...

Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research suggests that Ryugu was formed near Jupiter. Earlier studies ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up to 14.

On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA's robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. Pioneer 11 launched in 1973 on a mission to explore the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn. It ...

Earth may have had rings like Saturn many, many millenia ago. However, the formation didn't last long, and it eventually collapsed, falling to the surface of our planet, leaving craters where pieces ...

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The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8. Look to the eastern horizon just after sunset on Sept. 8 to see the ringed gas giant Saturn shine ...