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A standoff detonation of a nuclear device irradiates an asteroid and deposits energy at and beneath the surface. In this work, two neutron yields (50…
This artist’s concept shows the planned flight path of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its final flyby of asteroid Bennu, which is scheduled for April 7.…
NASA’s Psyche mission to a distant metal asteroid will carry a revolutionary Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package. This artist’s concept shows Psyche spacecraft with…
These images represent radar observations of asteroid 99942 Apophis on March 8, 9, and 10, 2021, as it made its last close approach before its…
The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out. After its…
Illustration of the Lucy mission’s seven targets: the binary asteroid Patroclus/Menoetius, Eurybates, Orus, Leucus, Polymele, and the main belt asteroid DonaldJohanson. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space…
Artist’s impression of the collision between a Martian primordial moon and an asteroid, which could have led to the formation of Phobos and Deimos. Credit:…
This artist’s concept shows the planned flight path of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its final flyby of asteroid Bennu, scheduled for April 7, 2021. Credit:…
This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona On May 10, NASA’s…
SwRI and the University of Arizona studied centimeter- to meter-sized craters on boulders scattered around the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. This composite shows…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft snapped pictures of the asteroid Ryugu while flying alongside it two years ago. The spacecraft later returned rock samples from the asteroid…
The asteroid 1998 KY26 (the point of light located at where the two lines would cross) captured by Hyper Suprime-Cam mounted on the Subaru Telescope.…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu. Credit: JAXA The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the gas collected from the sample container inside…
Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than was previously possible. Such routes can drive comets and…
View of asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa 2. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo & collaborators Just weeks after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a successful touch-and-go grab of samples…
Illustration of solar wind flowing over asteroids in the early solar system. The magnetic field of the solar wind (white line/arrows) magnetizes the asteroid (red…
On December 6 local time (December 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the ground of the Australian Outback from…
Hayabusa2’s reentry capsule forms a fireball in the desert sky over Australia’s Woomera Prohibited Area as it arrives back on Earth on 5 December 2020,…
Scientists at Woomera conduct a ‘dress rehearsal’ for finding and collecting the Hayabusa2 sample capsule when it lands. Credit: Trevor Ireland, ANU A Japanese space…
Astronaut Luca Parmitano places biomining reactors into a centrifuge onboard the International Space Station. Credit: European Space Agency The first mining experiments conducted in space…
