"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural shield, instead of crash landing on the ground ... the ESA calculated the rock's trajectory and initially predicted that there ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Considering the strong coupling characteristics caused by the space tether, the tether tension is predictively controlled to ensure the stability during landing and the accuracy of the trajectory ...

flatter trajectory. This compounds with the added spin to significantly increase or decrease stopping power, as balls with more spin will also come down at more vertical angles, making it easier to ...