Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination controls. Inside the cleanest of clean rooms, a tiny particle was ...

One particular space rock, asteroid Ryugu, has become a focal point for researchers eager to unlock its mysteries. Thanks to the efforts of Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2, we now have an ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a potentially hazardous object (PHO), meaning it could pose a collision risk to ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Life on Earth may have come from space. At least, that’s the general belief ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led 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 ...

Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart. Since then, its orbit and spin ...

Lucy will fly past the three-mile-wide (five-kilometer-wide) asteroid on April 20 ... characteristics appear very distinct from Bennu and Ryugu. Yet, we may uncover unexpected connections ...