Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have rewritten a small part of Oklahoma’s geologic history with global ...

Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. Scientists believe Bennu might have broken off from a much larger carbon-rich asteroid about 700 million ...

Imagine picking up a black stone from an old riverbed in Brazil. Its surface shines like glass, but inside it is riddled with tiny holes. Break it open and you would find not one crystal, but a ...

Weird Al now has a mile-wide asteroid named after him — and the scientist behind it says his songs launched her career.

"Weird Al" joins several other famous voices who have had an asteroid named after them, including Freddie Mercury, Aretha Franklin and Dolly Parton.

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Asteroid mining investment hype rests on a $27 quintillion figure experts call worthless. NASA's 2029 Psyche arrival is the ...

Asteroid Bennu's chemical fingerprint is revealing new clues about where it formed and the surprising role Jupiter played in ...

I’ve seen two total solar eclipses and have been duly impressed by what happens as the moon casts its shadow on Earth. But recently I’ve become even more intrigued by a simila ...

In 2024, Joël Lapointe was looking over online maps while planning a trip to Quebec’s remote Côte Nord region when a circular feature near Lake Marsal caught his attention. He wondered whether the ...