Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

"Every time that this happens, it's a new sample from space. It's from the asteroid belt […] between Mars and Jupiter, so it's come a long way." Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

He said the rock that struck at Velaidum’s home was probably traveling at least 200 km/h [125 mph] by the time it made impact… “`It’s from the asteroid belt…between Mars and Jupiter ...

an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed ... Aug. 22, 2024 ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...