These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

On September 23, 2025, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX successfully used an Earth flyby to slingshot toward its target: potentially ...

Asteroid Bennu has gone from a dark speck in telescope images to a kind of time capsule, carrying intact chemistry from the ...

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

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 ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

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

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

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

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 ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

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