Neigh, folks, the deep dive has only just begun as the asteroid Juno retrogrades into the psychic, bone-handled shovel of Scorpio this week. Named after the long-suffering wife of serial cheater ...

Detailed analysis of the asteroid's lightcurve, its pattern of light and output in time, allowed the team to work out its composition, orbital characteristics and 3D shape. The team determined ...

Their findings provide a closer look at the asteroid’s composition and characteristics as well as revealing a surprising origin. YR4, a rocky and solid object, likely hails from an asteroid ...

The spacecraft, renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is now on its way to explore asteroid Apophis. All these missions, and more, have allowed scientists to study the composition and particle size of several ...