It has been estimated that if a giant space rock that is just 11 or 12 kilometers wide hit us it would “wipe out most ...

In 2020, the Hayabusa2 uncrewed spacecraft successfully returned small fragments from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, ...

In September 2023, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer ...

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Since the exploration of space began, there has always been one question in humanity’s mind: Is there life beyond Earth? Can ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4, a building-sized object that initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with ...

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...

Experts from London’s Natural History Museum and University of Arizona say Bennu’s particles give a purer glimpse of our ...

It’s been not quite two years since UA’s Osiris Rex spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Scientists ...