China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

Recent papers published in Nature and Nature Astronomy found life’s building blocks on a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

They believe the asteroid is a plant-like object rich in water and salt, according to NASA. Named after an Egyptian bird, Bennu contains special minerals such as salts, phosphates, ammonia and ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu and sent home a small capsule containing a sample in September 2023. Released from the OSIRIS-REx craft, the sample return ...

Named for the Egyptian serpent god ... The agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission—having successfully visited the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and returning a sample three years later—has now evolved ...