NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
A probe landed on asteroid Ryugu as part of the Hayabusa2 mission back in 2020. Its goal was to bring back samples from the asteroid which is currently whizzing around the Solar System at around ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi U./Rikkyo U ...
From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to ...
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...
If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...
Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every two minutes. Dubbed 2025 MN45, the space rock is some 2,300 feet across ...
A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...
NASA is monitoring a plane-sized asteroid that’s heading towards Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring around 230 feet in ...
The telescope's view of a portion of the Virgo Cluster is bombarded by asteroids, captured as tricolored streaks. Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA A new telescope in Chile has ...
A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks spinning at a record-breaking speed. Among the nearly 2,000 asteroids detected ...