Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

Once thought to be the debris of a destroyed planet, the asteroid belt is now understood as a region shaped by gravity, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Itokawa, a spud-shaped, near-Earth asteroid, consists mainly of the minerals olivine and pyroxene, a mineral composition similar to a class of stony meteorites that have pelted ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

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To study the planets, someone has to go there: Either a human or a bot launches into space to physically explore other worlds. Scientists who study extraterrestrial materials can’t usually bring their ...

Analysis of C type asteroid samples supports use as sources of metals and primordial material and helps target missions and resource technology. (Nanowerk News) Much remains to be known about the ...

The detailed images of these 42 objects are a leap forward in exploring asteroids, made possible thanks to ground-based telescopes, and contribute to answering the ultimate question of life, the ...

OSIRIS-REx reveals gray asteroids reflect red or blue light differently due to sulfide minerals, offering clues to rocky body evolution in the solar system. It also enables future research. By having ...

The cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is ...

Asteroids might seem like peaceful drifters suspended in space, but they’re really disturbed, spinning and tumbling in complex motion that holds clues to their past. A new study presented at the ...