20 December 2021
Last year, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and now the first analysis of the rock shows it has a primitive composition and a curiously dark colour
7 July 2020
Scientists prize iron meteorites highly because of their link to these asteroids that almost made it to becoming a planet.
22 January 2020
When asteroid Armageddon is upon us, we can't just call Bruce Willis. Meet the people who really do watch the skies – and make detailed plans for our survival
22 January 2020
A massive asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago
31 October 2019
Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
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
11 July 2019
Japan's spacecraft Hayabusa 2 has again successfully landed on a distant asteroid and completed its mission of collecting underground samples
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
10 May 2019
Ian Carnelli of the European Space Agency is on a mission to keep us all safe from falling space rocks.
3 October 2018
Japan has just dropped off its third lander on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. It has less than a day to complete its mission before its batteries run out
