Asteroids
Metal Asteroid Psyche Might Have Had Volcanoes of Molten Iron
Imagine a time in the Solar System's past, when the asteroids were not solid rock, but blobs of molten iron.…
Sorry Hollywood, it’s Going to Take a Lot More to Destroy an Asteroid
A new study from John Hopkins University has shown that blowing up asteroids might be harder than we thought.
Steam-Powered Spacecraft Could Explore the Asteroid Belt Forever, Refueling Itself in Space
A partnership between Honeybee Robotics and the University of Central Florida has produced the first steam-powered spacecraft for asteroid mining.
OSIRIS-REx Has Already Found Water on Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) has found water on the asteroid Bennu. Bennu is OSIRIS-REx's only…
OSIRIS-REx has Finally Caught up with Asteroid Bennu. Let the Analysis and Sample Collection Commence!
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has reached its destination and is now in orbit around asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft travelled for over…
Not all the Earth’s Water Came From Comets
We have comets and asteroids to thank for Earth's water, according to the most widely-held theory among scientists. But it's…
The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life
The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed…
A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu
The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.
A Mission to Deflect an Asteroid Just Moved into the Final Design and Assembly Phase
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, which will attempt to deflect a small asteroid in 2022, recently moved into…
Carnival of Space #575
Welcome to the 575th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…