A popular science TikToker explained discoveries on the asteroid Bennu after NASA brought samples back to Earth from 39 ...
Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...
The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun on orbits that closely match Earth’s and sometimes drift near the planet at ...
Analyzing pristine fragments of the asteroid delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023, a team led by ...
Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...
Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...
NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...
Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...
Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...
These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...
A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...
An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.