Certain asteroids, like Ryugu and Bennu, are rubble piles ... to melt lead—hot enough that McSween thinks most of its surface rock should have metamorphosed. But the atmospheric pressure ...

These minerals form when water evaporates off a rock’s surface. Because these minerals ... even ones with similar compositions to Bennu. The spacecraft’s sample container kept the Bennu ...

These minerals form when water evaporates off a rock's surface. Because these minerals ... even ones with similar compositions to Bennu. The spacecraft's sample container kept the Bennu sample ...

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power the third ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that ...

China’s Tianwen-2 launched on a sample return mission to asteroid Kamo’oalewa, before heading out for a visit with the Comet ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon itself has no inherent magnetism today.