NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...

A new study sheds light on the birthplace of asteroid Ryugu, which is now believed to have formed near Jupiter.

Astronomers and biologists have long believed that a lot of the chemistry necessary for life was imported to Earth aboard ...

Mini-moon will not complete a full orbit. Instead, it will experience a slight gravitational pull from Earth before ...

NASA is closely monitoring these asteroids as they travel through space. This event simply showcases the many intriguing ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

To qualify as a mini-moon, an asteroid must be relatively close to Earth, within 4.5 million kilometers, and travel at a ...

This month, Earth will briefly gain a second moon, a small asteroid known as 2024 PT5. You'll need some special equipment to ...

After a four-week hiatus, NASA has republished a document seeking ideas for how to repurpose a pair of smallsats for an asteroid mission, removing many technical details about those spacecraft in ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...