X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life.

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in October 2026, it won't just be peering into the distant universe to ...

Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

The spacecraft, bound for a metallic asteroid, turned to snap a striking image of our home planet from 180 million miles away.

Asteroid 2025 PM2, about 190 feet wide and travelling over 41,000 miles per hour, will make its closest pass by Earth on 27 ...

Two very different asteroid families may share the same ancient roots, linked by a rare mineral fingerprint and revealed ...

NASA has a planetary defense project that identified possible threats in near our solar system that could cause another mass ...

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...

The 73-feet-wide space rock is currently hurtling through space at a zippy 18,678 miles per hour, according to the space ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples from asteroid Bennu reveal stardust, water-driven chemistry, and clues to life’s origins in the ...

Asteroid 6 Hebe is now at opposition in Aquarius. It is visible all night, best seen shortly after midnight.