NASA's Lucy probe will journey to an asteroid that has remained untouched for 150 million years, potentially revealing ...

NASA has proven that successful extraction of materials from asteroids is possible; this was most recently seen with the promising results of its OSIRIS-REx mission, which retrieved samples containing ...

A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest approach in over 100 years. This massive space rock, measuring an estimated ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object – possibly as big as ...

The encounter will serve primarily as a rehearsal for Lucy's ultimate destination - Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ...

The asteroid appears distinctly different from previously studied space rocks like Bennu and Ryugu. These two asteroids were sampled by Nasa's Osiris-Rex and Japan's Hayabusa2 missions respectively.