A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...
The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid, “2025 XF1,” which is rapidly approaching Earth this week. With speeds of ...
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, ...
Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...
Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...
NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...
Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...
An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is something that money should be spent on because the chance isn't zero. An ...
Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...
Space communications expert, Alexandra Doten, has explained what the discovery of a gum-like substance on an asteroid 63 ...
An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.