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.

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a non-threat.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, astronomers have warned. The space rock, designated 2024 YR4, measures approximately 60 metres across - ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

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