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Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt Dec. 9, 2024 ...

Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. "We identified two large asteroids that show similar spectral features to ...