Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details.

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, using its thrusters to disturb the asteroid's surface to reveal what lies beneath, as shown in an ...

This process allowed the Hayabusa2 craft to gather a sample to bring home and also get a close-up look at the asteroid’s surface. One thing the collection team noticed: The material that flew ...

The latest discoveries about Vesta challenge its traditional classification. This giant asteroid might actually be a remnant ...

By studying seismic waves, researchers have found a layer deep beneath the surface of Mars that could contain enough liquid ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

They add: "The asteroid's orbit around the Sun sees it safely pass Earth several times in just a few years before ...