Space weathering expert Michelle Thompson OSIRIS-REx reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. These results help shed light onto the ...

The data from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu revealed that they could be from the Polana asteroid family, along with ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

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, ...

I/ATLAS has captured the attention of astronomers—and the public’s fascination—as new clues about its mysterious nature are ...

By using JWST, researchers obtained the highest-quality light spectrum from Polana in the near-infrared; this was compared to ...

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf is set to star in a new movie with Academy Award nominee Hailee Steinfeld.

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 ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...