This animation shows asteroid 2016 AJ193 rotate as it was observed by Goldstone’s 70-meter (230 foot) antenna on Aug. 22, 2021. Three-quarters of a mile…
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An artist’s conception of the newly discovered asteroid 2021 PH27, which has the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid and second shortest for any…
This artist’s concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU As part of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space…
The study’s target, Psyche, is the destination of an upcoming NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of…
The study focused on Occator crater (left), which contains Ceres’ most prominent bright spots. The newly reported map (right) reveals higher concentrations of hydrogen than…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center It’s hard to imagine what the surface of asteroid Bennu might look like – it’s shortest distance from Earth…
This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years.…
An artist’s impression of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan…
An SwRI team modeled evolutionary processes in the main asteroid belt and discovered that impactors such as the one that ended the reign of the…
Engineers prepare NEA Scout for integration and shipping at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Credit: NASA NASA Solar Sail Asteroid Mission Readies…
Artist’s illustration of our solar system’s asteroid belt. Credit: NASA/McREL Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of…
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Data collected can be used to provide new insights into the evolution of the Kuiper Belt, and the larger solar system.…
Meteor Crater, Arizona. This crater is the result of an impact of a 50m meteor, whereas the impacts described in the current work may have…
Credit: NASA NASA recently received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth last December by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA)…
Artist’s concept of NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft, which was an infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope active from December 2009 to February 2011. In…
In this image from 2003, retired astronaut Joan Higginbotham took a break from training for the STS-116 mission and is shown in front of a…
NEO Surveyor is a new mission proposal designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids that are near the Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech…
Using data from several instruments onboard Rosetta, CASTRA’s team has modeled the properties of cometary dust in the environment of Comet 67P. Image credit –…
This artist’s concept depicts the asteroid Psyche, the target of NASA’s Psyche mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU New University of Arizona research finds that the target asteroid…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security,…