China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life. Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable ...
What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing asteroid and the rest of the solar system? This is what a recent study ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their ...
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their compositions, but bringing a ...