Scientists have scarcely begun studying pristine material from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
A test to protect Earth from asteroids unleashed a swarm of boulders—and a new study suggests that there may be some ...
More than 8,000 volunteers combed through 430,000 images to discover 15 new active asteroids, according to a study in which ...
Flying high: the SOFIA telescope was carried skyward by a jumbo jet. (Courtesy: NASA/Jim Ross) The first direct observation of water on the surface of an asteroid has been made using an airborne ...
Some extraordinary asteroids have "activity"—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA's Active Asteroids project ...
Dante Lauretta, the planetary scientist who led the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a handful of space dust, discusses his next final frontier.
As many as five asteroids are set to fly by Earth till March 19. According to NASA, four of them will make their closest ...
Five of the top illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.” ...
NASA volunteers have made a significant discovery, uncovering activity on 15 asteroids and challenging previous assumptions ...
Today, water on Mars is found in ice at the ... Jan. 29, 2024 — Meteorites are fragments of asteroids which find their way to Earth as shooting stars and provide information on the origins ...
Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA’s Active Asteroids project ...