Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few thousand years ago as the space ...
Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a ...
A capsule containing 122 grams of asteroid Bennu’s dust and rock was dropped over Utah in 2023 after OSIRIS-REx’s two-year return journey, preserving its ancient secrets. The sample was ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.
The deposits could prove crucial in comparing the evolved water in the dwarf planet Ceres—located in the Asteroid Belt—and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, since researchers believe these icy ...
Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus also ...