The emergencies ministry in Yakutia said all official bodies had been placed on alert as the asteroid approached but that no damage had been reported after its descent. The European Space Agency, ...
Thankfully, the asteroid was small in size, estimated to be a mere 27 inches in diameter. Scientists expected it to be no ...
Japan launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on a mission to fetch a sample from an asteroid. The asteroid is named 162173 Ryugu, but it's also known as 1999 JU3. Hayabusa2 lifted off from the Tanegashima ...
These aren’t the massive black holes that lurk at the centers of galaxies. The researchers are focusing on much smaller ...
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...
Asteroid 2022 WJ1 was just 20 inches wide, the smallest measured. It exploded in a green fireball visible across Ontario and ...
This week’s Hackaday podcast has a European feel, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for a look at the week’s ...
Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, and while many can be found within the asteroid belt between the ...
The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...
Discovery published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science highlights challenge of contamination in space exploration ...
The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution ...