Marking a key milestone in the mission’s transition from final design to implementation and operational readiness ...
Most meteorites originate from the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter where over a million asteroids larger ...
Scattered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the main asteroid belt — a vast region filled with rocky remnants left over from the birth of the solar system. These objects, known as asteroids ...
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...