A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

The researchers plan to compare the Ryugu sample with that taken from the asteroid Bennu when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returns to Earth later this year. Joshua Hawkins Writer Josh Hawkins has ...

The Ryugu discovery strengthens the hypothesis ... NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, which recently returned material from asteroid Bennu. ・JAXA’s MMX mission, targeting Phobos, one of Mars’ moons.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu, revealing amino acids ... rich grains in samples from the asteroid Ryugu, brought back by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

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

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...