The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...

NASA's recent retrieval of asteroid samples has unveiled not only ... California's Mojave Desert and Africa's Sahara—would likely be lost if they were found in meteorites hitting Earth.

(Photo: Keegan Barber, NASA) For the past year, scientists have been studying it, the largest asteroid sample ever ... water was lost to the surface, and these minerals were left behind." ...

A NASA spacecraft scooped rubble from an asteroid. Here's what was inside ... "Let me tell you, the most likely scenario is that by the time we lose sight of the object in April this year, the ...

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

But more recently, the car spawned a high-profile case of mistaken identity as space observers mistook it for an asteroid ... several times in recent years, NASA’s Paul Chodas recalled to ...

Due to those changes, we lose a certain amount of what they ... and Uracil), were all found in samples of asteroid Bennu (NASA Goddard/OSIRIS-REx) "These samples from Bennu are an incredible ...