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 ...

How do spacecraft avoid collisions when passing through the asteroid belt? Val-David Smithson Pleasant Grove, Utah Let's begin by reviewing some astronomical "history": Han Solo and his rebel ...

Numerous small asteroids in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars were found by the James Webb Space Telescope. Some are going to Earth. The asteroids that kill dinosaurs are larger than these.

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 ...