We have discovered that next step on a pathway to life ... brines similar to Earth’s salt flats remained. Bennu’s near-Earth orbit and carbon-rich makeup have made it a target of scientific ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...

As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture ... samples containing organic ...

“But Earth-based observing and theoretical models can only take us so far – to validate these models and get to the next ...

This artist’s concept compares the approximate size of Lucy’s next asteroid target ... and Steins — as well as two recently explored near-Earth asteroids, Bennu and Ryugu. Lucy, an SwRI-led NASA ...

Every six years, an asteroid by the name of Bennu passes by Earth. Bennu is a small, loosely compacted ball of black rocks that formed nearly 4.6 billion years ago. Recently, scientists ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

The next stop for NASA's asteroid-hopping spacecraft ... skywatching events and more! Bennu and Ryugu are two asteroids that spacecraft have sampled in previous missions. NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

The search for Earth-like exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our sun—is a central topic in today's planetary research, because extraterrestrial life is most likely to be found there.

Scientists found traces of briny water and salty minerals, similar to those on Europa and Enceladus, suggesting liquid water once flowed on Bennu. A new study suggests Bennu may have formed beyond ...