Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

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According to a January 2025 study published in Nature, the Bennu asteroid samples contain six of the same minerals observed at San Bernardino County’s Searles Lake: calcite, dolomite ...

Japanese scientists from Kyoto University have discovered evidence of salt minerals on the asteroid Ryugu, Azernews reports.

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The asteroid Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small potential of entering the earth's atmosphere on December 22, 2032 and scientists ...

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"Simply, the wavelength of the light bounced back from a surface (an asteroid or meteorite) will show distinctive peaks and troughs due to the differences in mineralogy and chemistry," explained ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...