Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...

This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...

The asteroid Bennu contains a lot of organic molecules, including many essential building blocks of life, according to a ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Residents of West Michigan witnessed a breathtaking spectacle late Tuesday night as bright streaks illuminated the sky.

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Four planets will visible to the naked eye this week - a rare occurrence that only happens once every few years. UK skies will be graced by the rare 'planetary parade', showing Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On of them is 3.8 times the mass of Jupiter and ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.