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

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

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 $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

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

It's not great news, but you still shouldn't panic about it: Astronomers spotted a near-Earth asteroid that has a roughly 1% ...

The capsule subsequently returned empty to Earth. According to the latest information from NASA, the two astronauts ... Musk's SpaceX was already assigned to bring back Williams and Wilmore ...

NASA astronauts ... that'll bring them home next year. "It's very peaceful up here," Williams said on Sept. 13, though she added that they miss their families back on Earth. The astronauts are ...

The city-killer asteroid Apophis is due to come closer to Earth than some satellites during a close flyby in 2029. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) A handful of PHAs are even bigger — spanning ...