Asteroids

Space Is asteroid mining actually feasible? Meteorite chemistry data offers new insight

Meteorite chemistry shows which primitive asteroids may hold usable metals or water, and why most space mining remains difficult.

Space Scientists build an electrostatic ‘tractor beam’ to move space junk safely Shy Cohen

Space Asteroid Bennu samples reveal ancient water offering new clues about the origin of life on Earth Joseph Shavit

Space 12-year-old Canadian discovers two new asteroids in NASA program Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Dinosaurs thrived until the end: New Mexico fossils rewrite extinction story Mac Oliveau

Space Moon dust from Chang’e-6 mission reveals asteroids carried water to Earth Joseph Shavit

Space NASA confirms a new quasi-moon orbiting the Earth until 2083 Joshua Shavit

Space Astronomers discover an evolving ring system forming around Chiron Mac Oliveau

Space AI and Gaia data reveal why some asteroids spin and others tumble Shy Cohen

Space The asteroid belt is slowly vanishing, shedding dust and rocks Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers weigh nuclear option to stop Moon-bound asteroid Joseph Shavit

Space Silverpit Crater mystery solved: Asteroid crashed into the North Sea 43 million years ago Joshua Shavit

Space DART spacecraft’s asteroid impact informs new planetary defense strategy

Space Dwarf-planet Ceres’ ancient ocean may have once supported life

Space How old is Jupiter? Tiny molten spheres embedded in meteorites have the answer

Space Astronomers discover hidden link between M and K-type asteroids

Space Vesta might be much more than an asteroid, astronomers find