Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar ... system, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus and the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu.

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...