15 March 2021
When the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft bombed the asteroid Ryugu, boulders near the impact didn't move nearly as much as expected, revealing how hard it is to make an asteroid-quake
20 October 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to extend its robotic arm and bounce off the asteroid Bennu, collecting a sample of dust and rocks to bring back to Earth in 2023
4 February 2019
Building a space station inside a rotating asteroid would make it easier to mine precious resources - but it might not happen for decades
20 September 2018
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at the asteroid Ryugu, and now it is dropping off two tiny landers that will hop around the surface and take pictures
27 June 2018
A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
