A Ryugu asteroid sample has been found contaminated by terrestrial microbes, raising questions about planetary protection.

Psyche was discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid after Psyche, the ...

An asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ...

Deep beneath Greenland's ice, NASA radar happened upon Camp Century, a long-lost Cold War base now buried under 100 feet of ...

Happy December, Virgo, and welcome to the last month of the year. During November, Pluto settled into Aquarius, where it will ...

In How to Kill an Asteroid, Robin George Andrews looks at the successes and shortcomings of planetary defense.

Asteroid Ryugu was altered by water and contains organic molecules older than the Sun. The building blocks of RNA and Vitamin ...

Currently, more than 2 million miles away, the object is too small and faint to see without a powerful telescope.

The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

Astrologer Alexandria Lettman reveals what the stars have in store for every zodiac sign's horoscope on Thursday, November 28 ...

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...