Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

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

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...