JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

Astronomers have discovered a 2,300-foot-wide (700 meters) asteroid hidden in the sun's glare, and it’s whizzing through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace. The skyscraper-size asteroid, ...

A team of US astronomers has carried out one of the deepest analyses to date of a sample from the asteroid Bennu, revealing ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show. When you purchase ...

TransAstra developed the Capture Bag to grab asteroids or defunct satellites. This render shows a spacecraft powered by TransAstra's Omnivore Solar Thermal Propulsion moving the asteroid to a ...

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

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