In December 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, named 2024 YR4, which has since captured the attention of space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim. New ...

The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu’s precious black grains — leftovers from the solar system’s formation 4.5 billion ...

Perth, Jan 30 (The Conversation) In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth. As part of ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

Asteroids are fragmentary remnants of pre-existing parent bodies from early in our Solar System’s history that have since been destroyed by collisions with other objects. PTI Last Updated : 30 ...

D.C. "Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet's history, and Bennu's samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on Earth ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth. As part of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the ...

FILE PHOTO: The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid ... across the early solar system, increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons, according ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt. Using AI ... Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany ...