NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Global space agencies are conducting secret drills as Avi Loeb's 'swarm' theory about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS forces a ...

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

“Our findings expand the evidence that prebiotic organic molecules can form within primitive accreting planetary bodies and ...

Key Takeaways The drills are growing larger. The timing is too precise to ignore. And 3I/ATLAS may be the catalyst no one ...

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

The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It’s visiting from another solar system altogether. Those ...

Bennu is a primitive rock. It has remained mostly unchanged since the birth of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. On September 24, 2023, dust and mineral samples were hauled to Earth by ...

December's full moon 2025 will be the cold supermoon, set to rise amid the longest nights of the year and start of spectacular Geminids meteor shower.

Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn must have been particularly impressed by the November crop of new asteroids to have put the 18 ...

Key Findings It may not need to strike Earth to become a threat. Our defensive playbook was built for rocks, not unknown ...