Slated for a 2027 launch, NASA's NEO Surveyor mission is advancing through critical testing phases to enhance our planetary ...
Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a NASA spacecraft from an asteroid. In it, they've found ...
NASA's findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission, launching in 2027, uses advanced infrared tech to detect asteroids and comets, ensuring ...
NASA has issued an alert about two asteroids, 2025 BY1 and 2025 BS2, that are set to make close approaches to Earth on ...
missions like OSIRIS-REx and Japan's Hayabusa2 returned samples from the asteroids, thus opening up the mysteries of the early history and structure of our solar system. Why is planetary defense ...
On January 25, 2025, asteroid 2025 BK will pass close to Earth. This flyby highlights the important work scientists do to ...
NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...
They provide opportunities for scientists to understand the solar system's formation. Monitoring such asteroids aids in planetary defense by predicting future threats. Observing these events ...