OSIRIS-REx is returning from asteroid Bennu with vital samples, concluding a mission full of challenges…
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An asteroid is a small, rocky object that orbits the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, though they can be found throughout the solar system. Ranging in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across, asteroids are remnants from the early formation of the solar system over 4.5 billion years ago. Studying these ancient space rocks provides valuable insights into planetary formation and the composition of the early solar system. Asteroids also draw scientific and public interest due to their potential impact risk to Earth and their promise as future targets for space missions and resource exploration.
An international team of researchers searched for pieces of a small asteroid tracked in space…
In an alternate reality playing out at this year’s International Planetary Defense Conference, a fictional…
Like boot prints on the Moon, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Bennu.…
During the week of April 26, members of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) will participate in…
There are a lot of things that pose a threat to our planet – climate…
New simulations reveal that the type and spread of neutron energy from a nuclear blast…
A Final Look at Bennu: OSIRIS-REx Returns for a Close Encounter NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is…
Set to launch next year, the agency’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid in…
Asteroid Apophis has been ruled out as an Earth impact threat for the next century.…
The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068,…
The interplanetary interloper won’t come closer than 1.25 million miles to Earth, but it will…
Trojan asteroids, first spotted in 1906, are Lucy’s next destination in NASA’s quest to explore…
Phobos and Deimos are the remains of a larger Martian moon that was disrupted between…
OSIRIS-REx’s Final Farewell to Bennu On April 7, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will give asteroid Bennu…
OSIRIS-REx departs Bennu in May with a significant sample. A farewell flyby may capture post-sampling…
Scientists inferred Bennu’s sojourn in the inner Solar System at 1.75 million years. Last year…
Rocks on Ryugu, a “rubble pile” near-Earth asteroid recently visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, appear…