NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a new update on asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing important findings that refine ...

According to Barnes, within the last billion years, scientists think it was disrupted again, ultimately creating the near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu. Researchers have discovered minerals never ...

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that ...

At least, that’s the general belief, especially after recent observations of samples from the asteroid Ryugu ... The findings discovered in the Ryugu samples are also consistent with those ...

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's ...

A passing star has been discovered that could cause chaos in the Solar System, sending Earth flying out of orbit.

China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.

China launches spacecraft to collect samples from asteroid near Mars - China's space agency says the mission aims to ‘yield ...

asteroid Bennu. This discovery offers key insights into the early solar system and the origins of life. In the latest SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson and NASA scientist Danny Glavin ...

New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246 ... the data collected could provide independent insights on such processes based on its shape, surface geology and cratering history.

an object that inhabits an asteroid-like orbit but whose visual features closely mirror a comet. Discovered by PanSTARRS in August 2013, it measures 1,570 ft (480 m) in diameter — larger than a ...

China launched its first mission to retrieve asteroid samples, a significant step in the country's ambitious space program.