Asteroids

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that orbits the sun in just 113 days, making it the fastest-orbiting asteroid in our solar system.

Using data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, NASA has updated its predictions about the Bennu asteroid impacting Earth.

The first high-res heat emissions map of the Psyche asteroid suggests the hunk of metal might not be the core of a developing planet.

NASA is staging a week-long asteroid impact simulation during which participants will need to respond to a hypothetical impact scenario.

JAXA’s Hayabusa2 has successfully returned asteroid samples to Earth. Its next mission? Gather information that could help prevent an asteroid impact.

Using a bioreactor packed with bacteria could make space mining more efficient by speeding up the extraction of elements from rock.

NASA has collected samples from the asteroid Bennu that could yield insights into everything from the origin of life to avoiding an asteroid impact on Earth.

MIT has developed a simulation to determine the most appropriate way to stop an asteroid impact if one of the space rocks is headed toward the Earth.

Billions spent on projects of questionable benefit - like the plan to capture an asteroid - raises the question:...