MIT Finds 138 Tiny Asteroids in Main Belt

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MIT researchers spot 138 tiny asteroids as small as 10 meters lurking between Mars and Jupiter in cosmic breakthrough.

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New detection technique expands capabilities from finding 1-kilometer asteroids to discovering bus-sized space rocks.

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JWST infrared data reveals hidden decameter asteroids invisible through traditional visible light observations.

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Research team processes 10,000+ images initially captured for TRAPPIST-1 planetary system study.

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Lead scientist Artem Burdanov confirms enhanced tracking abilities for distant small asteroids crucial for planetary defense

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Advanced GPU-powered "shift and stack" method enables efficient analysis of massive astronomical datasets.

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Decameter asteroids, like those behind Tunguska and Chelyabinsk events, strike Earth every few years.

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Prague Charles University's Miroslav Broz explains these small asteroids originate from kilometer-sized asteroid collisions.

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Nature-published study receives support from Heising-Simons Foundation, Czech Science Foundation, and NVIDIA.

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