Dec 13, 2025 · The study of asteroids represents one of the most significant frontiers in modern astronomy and planetary science. These rocky, airless remnants from the early formation of our solar …

Thought to be the largest undifferentiated asteroid, 10 Hygiea seems to have a uniformly primitive composition of carbonaceous chondrite, but it may actually be a differentiated asteroid that was …

ʻOumuamua is remarkable for its extrasolar origin, high obliqueness, and observed acceleration without an apparent coma. By July 2019, most astronomers concluded that it was a natural object, but its …

We find that asteroids are fascinating objects, varying in composition and shape. Nearly all asteroids are irregular in shape and heavily pockmarked by impact craters.

Oct 8, 2025 · By combining Gaia’s massive asteroid dataset with AI modeling, scientists discovered that asteroid rotation depends on how often they’ve been hit. A mysterious gap in rotation speeds marks...

Nov 7, 2025 · Gaia uncovers how cosmic collisions sculpt the strange spins of asteroids. Asteroids don’t all spin the same way, and new data from ESA’s Gaia mission shows why. A study found that …

Scientists studying Bennu samples have discovered that its chemistry is far from uniform. Organic compounds and minerals cluster into three distinct types of regions, each shaped differently by...

Solar System bodies have similar abundances of non-volatile elements. Asteroids are categorized as unmelted chondritic bodies or as differentiated bodies formed by extensive to global melting of …

Jul 19, 2025 · The asteroid is so dense, physicists say it could contain elements outside the periodic table.

Aug 25, 2025 · Her most recent magnus opus has been Bennu — the asteroid visited by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which brought home some of the oldest and most pristine asteroid samples …