Diamonds can indeed be formed in a big asteroid impact. The asteroid impact carries such high levels of energy—more than 20 gigapascals, sending a...

Our expectations about the asteroid’s surface were utterly wrong. The latest findings about Bennu’s surface surprised scientists. The particles making up Bennu’s exterior are loosely...

A giant asteroid’s impact is considered the likely cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs almost 66 million years ago. While there is no...

Main-belt asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid. Its surface is very heterogeneous. The asteroid has been a focus of numerous previous mapping...

In 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 space probe brought asteroid samples to Earth. The capsule carried by Hayabusa2 delivered more than 5.4 grams of surface material...