Missions that return asteroid samples bring home more than just very expensive dust. These samples can provide valuable ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

OSIRIS-REx was designed for a straightforward sample mission, but Bennu had other plans. Instead of a smooth surface, NASA ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today (May 9). Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - named 612356 (2002 JX8) - will pass around 2.6 million miles away from ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit and spin ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of 'hidden' galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe's secrets. If their ...

A radical architectural proposal by New York-based Clouds Architecture Office envisions the world’s tallest building — suspended from an orbiting asteroid — capable of hovering over cities like New ...