See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

Tachibana, S., et al. (2022) Pebbles and Sans on Asteroid (162173) Ryugu On-Site Observation and Returned Particles from Two Landing Sites. Science, 375, 1011-1016.

S cientists had high hopes for the sample of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe. The actual findings ...

What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in scorching, ...

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm because of the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While ...

AFM-IR technology provides critical data on polymer compositions and properties, supporting the development of advanced ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.