Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

China’s Tianwen-2 mission aims to collect asteroid samples and explore a comet, advancin... Recent findings indicate the Moon might be over 100 million years older than prior estimates.

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining ... 122 grams of an asteroid sample in September 2023 — which was double the amount of material NASA hoped to collect. But Gialich believes ...

Tianwen-2 will first target near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), considered a quasi-satellite of Earth due to its co-orbital dynamics. It aims to collect samples from the roughly 40 to 100 ...

In 2018, the spacecraft reached the asteroid Bennu ... called Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or TAGSAM, to collect at least 60 grams, or 2.1 ounces, of regolith.

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a ...