The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his ...

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Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid. ESA-Science Office Astronomers have made a startling discovery ...

Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.

Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth, scientists report in a pair of new studies published ...

The mission aims to gather bits of the asteroid and then release a capsule with the samples to return to Earth in 2026. After that, the Tianwen-2 spacecraft is expected to swing around Earth and ...