Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth. As part of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar ... days of our cosmic neighborhood. "We identified two large asteroids that show ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. "We identified two large asteroids that show similar spectral features to ...

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