Geological investigations planned for the Europa Clipper mission will examine the
formation, evolution, and expression of geomorphic structures found on the surface …

When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft pressed its sample collection mechanism into the surface
of Bennu, it provided a direct test of the poorly understood near-subsurface physical …

Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which
are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid …

The bearing capacity-the ability of a surface to support applied loads-is an important
parameter for understanding and predicting the response of a surface. Previous work has …

This paper summarizes the evidence for the optical effects of space weathering, as well as
the properties of the surface that control optical changes, on asteroid (101955) Bennu. First …

Images collected during NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission provide
the first resolved views of the Didymos binary asteroid system. These images reveal that the …

Abstract On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS‐REx mission dropped a capsule to Earth
containing~ 120 g of pristine carbonaceous regolith from Bennu. We describe the delivery …

We report primordial aqueous alteration signatures in water-soluble organic molecules from
the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of JAXA. Newly …

Abstract The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith
Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft mission characterized and collected a sample from …

Asteroid interiors play a key role in our understanding of asteroid formation and evolution.
As no direct interior probing has been done yet, characterisation of asteroids' interiors relies …