The Pallas-1 rocket—like Ceres-1 it is also named after a major planetary body in the main asteroid belt—uses a kerosene-liquid oxygen propellant mix and will eventually be adapted so that the ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
Most of the $1 billion mission's cache has been set ... and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter's moon, Europa, and Saturn's moon, Enceladus ...