The mysterious, cigar-shaped asteroid that zipped through our solar system back in 2017 may have been a piece of alien space junk. Harvard professor Avi Loeb suggests that the object could have been >>
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Japan’s asteroid probe grabbed a ton of material on its second attempt
The asteroid probe Hayabusa2, sent by the Japanese space agency JAXA, made two attempts to collect material from the surface of the space rock Ryugu. As the now-returned samples reveal, the initial attempt >>
This asteroid is worth more than you can possibly fathom
An all-metal asteroid residing in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter called 16 Psych is worth an incredible amount of money. A new study revealed that the asteroid is likely entirely made >>
NASA grabbed a bunch of space rock material, and that’s awesome
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched down on the asteroid called Benny last week, and we now know that it grabbed enough material to consider that operation a success. The sample will now be >>
Scientists spot hints of flowing water on asteroid’s surface
The asteroid known as Bennu has revealed some tantalizing secrets to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Some rocks and surface features of the asteroid appear to indicate that water once flowed on its surface or >>
NASA’s asteroid probe is about to perform its riskiest move yet
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe will finally attempt its risky sample-gathering maneuver last next month. The spacecraft will perform a delicate “touch-and-go” maneuver to snag a sample from the surface and then return to >>
NASA’s asteroid probe just found something unexpected
Scientists studying the asteroid Bennu have discovered parts of a different asteroid on its surface. Bennu has chunks of the asteroid Vesta on its surface, and researchers can only guess as to how >>
Why is this asteroid sending parts of itself into space?
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has spotted the asteroid Bennu flinging pieces of its own surface into space. These “particle ejection events” happen all the time, and NASA scientists have already spotted over 300 >>
