Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

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 ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

(CNN) — Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about ...

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

NASA's asteroid sample has revealed new chemical evidence that scientists say sharpens the picture of how the solar system formed and how the ingredients for life spread through space. Three studies ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

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