The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have discovered sugars, mysterious space polymers, and dust from exploded ...

Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

I t’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a close fly-by of Earth this weekend, and it should stay visible for a few ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

A critical nutrient used to produce the neurotransmitter serotonin may have turned up in samples collected from asteroid ...

European Space Agency says milestone highlights both Earth’s vulnerability and advances in planetary-defense science - ...

Near-Earth asteroid Eros will appear near the Andromeda Galaxy on 30 November, offering a rare sky alignment livestream for ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...