OSIRIS-REx is now going to go asteroid hopping to the space rock that once threatened Earth

Yes, that asteroid. 

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago

Is Ryugu a dead comet masquerading as an asteroid?

The near-Earth object looks like an asteroid but may be an ice-free comet

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

Ryugu’s cosmic dust is some of the oldest stuff in the universe 

When scientists say an asteroid has “some of the most primordial material ever examined,” it’s for real.

By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago

NASA got a Ryugu sample, and it could be a time capsule of the solar system

NASA now has a rare sample from Asteroid Ryugu, and the secrets of the solar system might be hiding in there.

By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago

Watch as Hayabusa2 blasts a 17.6-meter-wide crater into an asteroid

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Guy walks out to his front yard, finds a rock from the birth of the solar system

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago

Ryugu’s history has been… weird

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Hayabusa2 is leaving the asteroid Ryugu and heading back to Earth

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

The asteroid Ryugu is a weird, fragile thing

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Japan once again shoots a bullet at an asteroid… and the video is amazing.

By Phil Plait 2 years ago