A new study reveals that asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water. This challenges old beliefs about asteroids. Scientists ...

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

Asteroid 1998 KY26 is smaller, faster, and brighter than scientists thought, complicating Hayabusa2’s mission of landing on ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

After returning samples from asteroid Ryugu in 2020, Japan dispatched its Hayabusa2 probe to the asteroid 1998 KY26.

Small fragments of rock can reveal a lot when they’re analyzed with powerful laboratory instruments. New research into tiny ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before ...