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Space Exploration

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe drops its last rover on asteroid Ryugu

The space probe has released its fourth, and final, rover onto the asteroid’s surface at a different height from the others

Space Exploration

Why have we sent a mission to asteroid Bennu?

Why have scientists and engineers invested so much time, effort and money into a mission to a nearby asteroid?

Solar System

It wasn’t just an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, there was also a tsunami

This catastrophic event wiped out 76 percent of all life on Earth 66 million years ago

Solar System

Astronomers spot an asteroid in the process of switching colours

The asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath

Solar System

Vesta was the victim of a ‘cosmic hit-and-run’

Astronomers have deduced from a meteorite that the second largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt was part of a tremendous collision

News

Best way to build a Death Star is from an asteroid, says NASA

The Galactic Empire did things the hard way by shooting materials from a planet as well as building it in space, according to a NASA engineer

Space Exploration

Astronomers uncover a flurry of surprises with the latest inspection of asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has uncovered some interesting details about the asteroid’s eruptive particle plumes, jagged surface and more

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: Spacecraft reveals Ultima Thule as entirely new world

The Kuiper Belt Object’s remarkable appearance illuminates the processes that built the planets four and a half billion years ago

Space Exploration

Water has already been spotted on the surface of the asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has already spotted the signs for water residing in the asteroid’s surface

Solar System

Do asteroids have metallic cores, like planets?

What are these space rocks made of?

Solar System

Why do some meteorites create such huge craters?

How do space rocks make such large dents in celestial bodies?

Astronomy

NIGHT SKY: Don’t miss the Perseid meteor shower!

The Perseid meteor shower will peak on 12-13 August 2018 and will also have no moonlight to impede viewing

Solar System

Would an asteroid in lunar orbit affect the Earth-Moon relationship?

Would any of the proposed plans to capture asteroids affect the Earth’s orbit?

Solar System

New mystery arises about asteroid Phaethon

The light reflected from the surface of the new-Earth asteroid is much different from what astronomers previously thought

Solar System

Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua is now a comet

New results indicate interstellar nomad `Oumuamua is a comet and not an asteroid

Solar System

Exiled asteroid found in the Kuiper Belt

Astronomers confirm the existence of the first carbon-rich lump of space rock in the outer reaches of the Solar System

Solar System

‘Cigar-shaped’ asteroid is first interstellar visitor to our Solar System

“This thing is an oddball,” says Karen Meech of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy who leads an international team studying this interstellar interloper

Solar System

First international test to track dangerous ‘Earth-destroying’ asteroids completed

The exercise was led by NASA scientists in a bid to test the International Asteroid Warning Network

Space Exploration

Watch LIVE: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx launches for asteroid Bennu

The asteroid sample return mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral between 00:05 and 02:05 (BST) on Friday 9 September

News

NASA prepares to launch its asteroid sample return mission

OSIRIS-REx will launch for asteroid Bennu in early September

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