The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show. When you purchase ...

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Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. "It's very fascinating to see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the creation of an asteroid family. Ejected fragments from catastrophic collisions of asteroids between ...

For the first time in its history, humanity is assembling a coordinated system to find, track, and deflect asteroids that ...

NASA is tracking a near-Earth asteroid called 2026 BJ8 that is moving through space at around 50,000 kmph and is roughly the size of an airplane. Although its speed and relatively close approach to ...

Forgot what science-fiction has told you, flying through an asteroid belt would be a major challenge for anyone.

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and ...