The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...
NASA has identified asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032, posing significant risk ...
A newly discovered asteroid could be on course for Earth - with scientists warning that it may wipe out a city if it hits our ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.
The planet that the asteroid was once a part of contained a salty ocean. Scientists found 11 minerals in the samples, but more importantly, they found 14 out of 20 key building blocks for life -- at ...
Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...
2025 is set to be an amazing year of space missions as many moon landings are planned and significant test launches.