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Psyche Completes Mars Flyby to Gain Speed and Calibrate Science Gear

The spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to save propellant and test its instruments before resuming its ion-driven cruise to asteroid 16 Psyche in 2029.

Psyche Completes Precision Mars Flyby and Gains Speed Toward Metal Asteroid

NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Bennu Samples Show Amino Acids Likely Formed in Icy, Radioactive Environments

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Formed by an Asteroid Impact

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

Asteroid 2025 FA22’s Close Pass Spurs Global Planetary-Defense Drill Next Week

China Details Two-Spacecraft Asteroid-Deflection Test Targeted for 2030

Psyche Spacecraft Snaps Distant Earth–Moon Portrait During Instrument Checkout

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock

Rubin Observatory Unveils First Images, Discovers 2,104 New Asteroids

China’s Tianwen-2 probe launches to sample Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa

NASA Engineers Address Pressure Drop in Psyche Spacecraft Thrusters

Study Reveals Why Carbon-Rich Meteorites Rarely Reach Earth

NASA's Lucy Mission Prepares for Asteroid Donaldjohanson Flyby

European Spacecraft Hera Captures First-of-Their-Kind Images of Mars and Moon Deimos