Asteroids

Ancient grains of dust that are older than the solar system itself have been found in samples from asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth by the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft nearly two years ago.

Scientists studied the trajectory and debris field of asteroid 2008 TC3 to determine which specific parts of the space rock made it down to the Earth's surface.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket captured inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its roll out to the launch pad.

Astronomers go fishing for an interstellar magnet, SpaceX faces down space debris 'squalls', and North Korea's ICBM intentions are unclear.

A new model exploring the dwarf planet Ceres suggests radioactivity deep in the small world may have created criss-crossed geology at its surface.

A meteorite on Earth holds new evidence that asteroids do indeed mysteriously spit out pebbles, a new study finds.

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a blue whale is set to zip past Earth on Friday (Aug. 12).

Astronomers are planning a fishing trip to land an extraterrestrial interloper on Earth: a small meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean in January 2014.

NASA astronomers discovered that a large asteroid would zoom past Earth on Aug. 4, missing our planet by millions of miles.

Two asteroids, 2016 CZ31 and 2013 CU83, are headed toward Earth for back-to-back flybys this weekend.

Graphene found interlocked with diamonds inside an ancient meteorite could be the key to superfast, supercharged tech.

In addition to supplying data on 2 billion stars throughout the Milky Way, Gaia has provided information about some smaller bodies closer to home.

Cracks and fractures in Bennu's surface seem to have been caused by heat from the sun, stunning images from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have shown.

Pioneering new telescope surveys that use only the 10 minutes before sunrise and after sunset are searching for eccentric asteroids. They're finding some strange things.

China wants to change the trajectory of asteroid 2020 PN1 as part of planetary defense programs.

A Chinese university has begun constructing an array of more than 20 large radar antennas to track potentially hazardous asteroids.

Snap, crackle, pop! Dust 'hopping' on asteroids might influence how these small bodies migrate through space.

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is moving into a review after software testing issues forced an extended launch delay to at least July 2023. Its future remains uncertain.

NASA shared a new collection of images of the mile-wide asteroid that passed safely by Earth in May.

NASA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft OSIRIS-REx had a near-death experience at Bennu, according to the mission team.