NASA’s study of Bennu reveals why its rocky surface behaves like sand. The answer lies in cracks deep inside its boulders.

The asteroid, with a diameter of 710 meters, completes a full rotation in just 1.9 minutes, far quicker than what is ...

A multidisciplinary team led by Andrew Ryan has published new work that pins Bennu’s unexpectedly low thermal inertia on ...

Two landers from a private US company will be part of an armada to asteroid Apophis when it flies past Earth in 2029. Apophis ...

NASA scientists trying to unravel a longstanding mystery about the asteroid Bennu believe they may have finally 'cracked' the case ...

Bennu looked far different up close than scientists expected, and that mismatch led to a deeper investigation into how asteroid surfaces behave. What researchers found in returned samples helped ...

A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.

A 7-ton asteroid roughly the size of a storage shed was spotted streaking across the Northeast Ohio sky at 45,000 mph, detonating over Medina County with the force of 250 tons of TNT.

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern ...

A meteor streaked over Northeast Ohio Tuesday morning, causing a loud boom. Experts say some fragments may have reached the ...

After a 7-ton meteor flew across Ohio on Tuesday, some might be wondering just how big is that? Here are few things to help ...

It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth asteroid, throw a large bag around it, and bring the body back to a “safe” ...