Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

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In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

An object in space that astronomers initially identified as an alarmingly close asteroid headed towards Earth turns out to be a Tesla car that Elon Musk launched in 2018 as part of a publicity ...

Originating from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a collection of space rocks that share similar orbits with Earth, 2024 PT5 did not complete a full revolution around our planet. Instead, its path was ...

Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world's attention last year after a telescope discovered it lingering close to ...

Asteroid 2024 WY70 is about 820 feet (250 meters) wide. It will make a close approach to Earth, coming within 6.3 million kilometres, which is about 16 times the distance from Earth to the Moon.

When NASA landed a probe on an asteroid and took samples they brought back some incredibly valuable things to Earth. The official name of this chunk of space rock is 101955 Bennu, which we'll call ...

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