The concept of asteroid mining has captured the imagination of scientists, investors, and the public, promising a new ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration analyses the samples from asteroid Bennu, unveiling a complex history of ...

A massive asteroid impact would unleash energy equal to millions of nuclear bombs, leaving survival nearly impossible.

Experts from London’s Natural History Museum and University of Arizona say Bennu’s particles give a purer glimpse of our ...

It’s been not quite two years since UA’s Osiris Rex spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Scientists ...

Scientists working with return samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a cosmic time ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. Discovered in late 2024 by an ...

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission, which delivered over 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of Bennu ’s soil to Earth in 2023, is the largest haul of ...

Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...