NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

The Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) files a lawsuit against the sport's governing bodies, accusing them of ...

Israel says it is ramping up attacks on Gaza as the fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance. Trump officials discredit institutions that have long served as checks on the presidency. And two NASA ...

The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission at risk ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

According to estimates, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, had the highest chance of any asteroid to hit Earth in modern history.

US to resume intelligence sharing and military aid with Ukraine Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old structure mentioned in ...

If we did learn that it would hit on December 22 ... to use the same craft that landed on the asteroid Bennu and returned samples to Earth in 2023. Those samples were rich in some of the building ...

For example, an asteroid estimated at 10 to 15km wide - much larger than 2024 YR4 - hit off the ... asteroid the size of Bennu - with a diameter of roughly 500m - strikes Earth.