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We can send a probe to interstellar comet Borisov – but not until 2030

6 October 2019

Astronomers are racing to learn about only the second interstellar object ever seen. We now know it contains cyanide gas – and we could send a probe to visit it

In this picture taken on July 10, 2019 a man walks past a screen displaying a computer-generated image of the Hayabusa2 probe, during a news broadcast at Akihabara district in Tokyo. - Japan's Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown on July 11, 2019, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system

Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

11 July 2019

Japan's spacecraft Hayabusa 2 has again successfully landed on a distant asteroid and completed its mission of collecting underground samples

Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

1 July 2019

After the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua flew through our solar system in 2017, some researchers speculated it might be an alien ship - it’s very likely not

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

18 June 2019

NASA has captured its closest and most detailed image yet of Bennu, a 78 billion-kilogram asteroid which approaches close to Earth every six years

We’ve spotted a strange asteroid that’s spinning itself to pieces

4 May 2019

There’s a new type of asteroid that has a tail like a comet because it’s spinning so fast it’s constantly falling apart and leaving a trail of debris behind it

Surprisingly wet asteroid dust could spark a rethink of Earth's water

1 May 2019

Samples of space dust from the Hayabusa mission to the asteroid Itokawa are far less dry than we expected, which may prompt a rethink of how Earth got its water

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

1 May 2019

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

Japan's Hayabusa 2 bombed an asteroid and took pictures of the crater

25 April 2019

New images captured by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 confirm that the spacecraft successfully blew a hole in the asteroid Ryugu with explosives on 5 April

An interstellar rock may have hit Earth in 2014 but nobody noticed

18 April 2019

In 2017 astronomers spotted the first interstellar object in our solar system, ‘Oumuamua, but our planet may have been hit by a meteor from another star in 2014