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Earth has extra moons, and they may hold the secrets of our solar system's past
Earth's closest cosmic companions, known as 'minimoons' or 'quasi-moons', could hold the secrets to the history of our early solar system.
NASA grabbed a whopping 120 grams of rubble from asteroid Bennu, and it may contain the seeds of life
NASA's final tally shows that OSIRIS-REx collected roughly 4 ounces (120 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu. The sample collected from the "potentially hazardous" asteroid is thought to contain some of the earliest precursors for life.
There's an asteroid out there worth $100,000 quadrillion. Why haven't we mined it?
While asteroids are rich sources of precious and valuable materials, scientists still haven't fully committed to mining them.
'The law is way behind the time': Mining asteroids and the moon remains a huge legal gray area
Can we mine the moon and asteroids? NASA wants to make it happen, but it's still a huge legal gray area, experts say.
Water detected on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever
Scientists detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids for the first time ever. The team made the discovery using data from NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory.
Meteor that exploded over Germany confirmed to be rare 'aubrite' as old as the solar system itself
A meteor that exploded over Germany on Jan. 21 was confirmed to be a rare aubrite, a type of asteroid as old as the solar system.
Asteroid Bennu may be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world', 1st sample analysis suggests
Scientists are working hard to analyze samples of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, with early results suggesting it may even be a chunk of an ancient water world.
Watch 'city killer' asteroid fly by Earth today on its closest approach for centuries (Feb. 2)
A "potentially hazardous" space rock the size of a football stadium is about to reach its closest point to our planet for more than 100 years, and it won't get this close to us again for centuries more.
The Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than we thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
