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 ...

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

Researchers find a mineral called djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain, which supposedly forms in circumstances that the asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032, according to experts from NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN).. In an IAWN ...