Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...
Hera will be beginning a two-year journey past Mars and out to the asteroid belt where it will help us understand how to ...
Some 66 million years ago, the catastrophic event that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked the beginning of a unique relationship ...
Meandering between Mars and Jupiter, an asteroid named Psyche holds an estimated worth of a staggering $10,000 quadrillion.
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An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...
LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their ...
We usually think we have to smash particles together at close to the speed of light or observe remote corners of the universe ...
When the dust that covered the skies 66 million years ago prevented plants from photosynthesizing and benefited creatures ...
Asteroid Bennu, a near-Earth object, has played a key role in improving our knowledge of asteroids and Earth's history. Now, ...
A new study sheds light on the birthplace of asteroid Ryugu, which is now believed to have formed near Jupiter.