According to the BBC’s ‘Science Focus,’ the world’s most expensive substances aren’t gold, silver, or platinum- they are far more unexpected. Asteroid Bennu Samples Gathered during NASA’s ‘OSIRIS-REx’ ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

NASA has defined asteroids as small, rocky objects that orbit the sun like planets, but they are much smaller in size. Most ...

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...

About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...

Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...