The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...

Space weathering expert Michelle Thompson OSIRIS-REx reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. These results help shed light onto the ...

In 2020, the Hayabusa2 uncrewed spacecraft successfully returned small fragments from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, ...

In a remarkable twist of cosmic fate, astronomers are scratching their heads over the enigmatic 3I/Atlas, an object zipping through our solar system at an astonishing speed of 118,000 mph. This ...

Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.

The research, published in Scientific Reports, pinpointed the age of Jupiter's formation to about 4.5 billion years ago, approximately 1.8 million years after the solar system's inception. By studying ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...