New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...
15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System ... within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach ...
Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...
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.