The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

The object, classified as a near-Earth asteroid because its orbit would bring it within 30 million ... Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one ...

On January 28, the asteroid was placed at level 3 in the Torino impact hazard scale, indicating a close encounter that merits attention from astronomers, Nasa and the public ... eject some material ...

Albion, Ind. (WANE) — Black Pine Animal Sanctuary is bringing back its popular Cricket Karma fundraiser this Valentine’s Day. For a $5 donation, you can name a cricket after anyone – maybe ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could provide a stellar environment hospitable to life-supporting exoplanets ...