The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...
A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...
NASA says that the chances of the asteroid known as 2024 YR hitting Earth have been virtually eliminated—but there is a small ...
Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...
Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...
Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...
Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...
A popular science TikToker explained discoveries on the asteroid Bennu after NASA brought samples back to Earth from 39 ...
It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...
Space communications expert, Alexandra Doten, has explained what the discovery of a gum-like substance on an asteroid 63 ...