April 5, 2019 Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully 'bombs' asteroid Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully “bombed” asteroid Ryugu in the name of scientific research.
April 2, 2019 Rare disintegrating asteroid spied by Hubble Telescope This is what it looks like when an asteroid starts to fall apart.
March 27, 2019 Ancient asteroid strikes on Mars may have 'produced key ingredients for life' Scientists have looked far and wide for life in the universe, but a new study suggests that ancient asteroid impacts may have "produced key ingredients for life" right next door — Mars.
March 20, 2019 Water on asteroid Bennu could mean 'pay dirt' for space miners The near-Earth asteroid Bennu could be Exhibit A for space miners making their case to skeptical investors.
March 20, 2019 NASA's New Horizons reveals geologic 'Frankenstein' that formed Ultima Thule THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Less than three months after the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past a distant, cold space rock , scientists are beginning to piece together the story of how that object, nicknamed Ultima Thule, came to be.
March 14, 2019 Asteroid Bennu keeps spinning faster and scientists aren't sure why On a distant space rock being explored by a NASA probe, days are slowly shortening — and scientists are still trying to figure out why.
March 14, 2019 Dust ring discovered in Mercury's orbit Two dusty discoveries may shake up our understanding of the inner solar system.
March 12, 2019 How much water may be tucked away in nearby asteroids? Would-be explorers have high hopes that caches of water scattered throughout the solar system will fuel future rockets .
March 6, 2019 Giant asteroids are way harder to blow up than we think, scientists say Giant asteroids hurling their way towards Earth are harder to destroy than scientists –or Hollywood screenwriters — previously thought, according to new research.
February 21, 2019 Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe set to 'fire a bullet' into an asteroid The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft will briefly touchdown onto asteroid Ryugu Thursday evening, firing a scientific research “bullet” into the space rock.
