The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three ...
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Several asteroids flew near Earth safely on Thursday — and one tiny space rock came in for a close shave. The Solar System is dirty, filled with asteroids that litter the space between planets.
Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...
The vast majority of these NEOs are asteroids—most of which are small—although there are a handful of comets included in this category as well. Stock image: Artist's illustration of an ...
Two of them were only discovered earlier this month. A quartet of particularly hefty asteroids, including two that were discovered earlier this month and another that is as tall as a skyscraper ...
Don't look up! No seriously, don't bother. None of the five asteroids are big enough to see from Earth. © NASA A quintet of asteroids will all come close to Earth on ...
Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...
Giant so-called "killer asteroids" are set to pass Earth within a 12-hour window after being first spotted earlier this month. The space rocks, two of which are the size of aeroplanes, are large ...