A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) explores the long-debated potential of ...

Asteroid mining is a popular concept when it comes to science fiction, but it is now being considered seriously by scientists ...

According to the team's results, mining undifferentiated asteroids (believed to be the progenitor of chondritic meteorites) ...

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

Water has been found on the surface of two asteroids for the first time, scientists said in a new paper. Two silicate-rich asteroids were detected by the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ...

A NASA mission that was retired in 2022 has helped scientists detect water on the surface of two asteroids. Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute were able to use data from the retired ...

More than 100 previously unknown asteroids have been detected using a new tool that can comb through huge existing archives of data to search for potentially dangerous space rocks. The discoveries ...

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Findings open the door to new field of asteroid seismology CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For decades, astronomers have analyzed the impact that asteroids could have on Earth. New research by MIT Professor of ...

Banner image: The craggy surface of the asteroid Bennu as seen by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. (Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) Like corn kernels popping ...

Between five and 10 percent of Near Earth Objects could be comets impersonating asteroids, says Paul Abell, who is finding ways to unmask them. NEOs are objects whose orbits bring them in close ...

Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping to detect objects that could one day imperil Earth. By Kenneth Chang Ed Lu wants to save ...