The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

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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 ...

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Space mining is not yet a reality, but private companies and governments are increasingly turning their attention to it as a ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried over thousands of years and life’s basic ingredients were widespread.

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been remains a mystery. The asteroid Vesta could be a huge chunk of planet that ...