Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Japan spacecraft leaves asteroid to head home Blast-off for Nasa mission to detect life on Mars Dinosaur asteroid's trajectory was 'perfect storm' Osiris-Rex touched down on Tuesday on 500m-wide ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the building blocks of life exist in the universe.

FILE PHOTO: The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission surpassed expectations by not ... classification as a potentially hazardous asteroid. Its projected trajectory brings it dangerously close to Earth in the future ...

Jason Dworkin, a project scientist with OSIRIS-REx at Nasa, described the findings ... At the time, Apophis was thought to be on a trajectory toward Earth. After additional assessments ...