asteroids

 The properties of organic remnants turned into charcoal reflect the conditions in which they were killed

A team from the observatory publish their findings ahead of Asteroid Day

Samples from asteroid Ryugu suggest it’s leftover from formation of the sun billions of years ago

The frequency of asteroid collisions on Mars has been consistent for the past 600 million years

Mineralogy points to large, water-rich parent asteroid for carbonaceous chondrite meteorite

Findings could give scientists new insights into the evolution of the solar system's asteroids—how bodies like Bennu transform over millions of years or more

New research provides important information in improving the accuracy of data collection on asteroids

New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitor

The results of the experiments show that structural changes can occur at very different pressures, depending on the compression rate

A team of scientists has determined the number of asteroid impacts on the Moon and Earth increased by two to three times starting around 290 million years ago