The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...

The return of these extraterrestrial samples to Earth in 2020 opened the door to new hypotheses. These grains taken from Ryugu, an asteroid located beyond Jupiter, contain crucial elements for the ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? This ...

Thanks to asteroid Ryugu, now we know. The asteroid is a peculiar one – maybe even an extinct comet. It was visited by the Japanese mission Hayabusa-2, which collected samples from the surface ...

In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid ... In 2026, it will perform a high-speed fly-by of the S-type asteroid 98943 Torifune.

Nov. 6, 2024 — Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic ... star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

Last month, the Earth's atmosphere was bombarded by a small, boulder-sized asteroid just hours after ... included detections of a small object in a high-probability collision course.

NASA is on high alert as a massive asteroid, named 99942 Apophis and dubbed the "God of Chaos," approaches Earth, with its closest pass expected on November 13. Measuring around 450 by 170 meters ...