YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) say they have spotted an asteroid that could smash ...

The Nadir asteroid was about the size of Bennu, which is currently the most ... time that we've ever been able to see inside an impact crater like this - it’s really exciting,” says Dr ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

A NASA scientist has warned that "the risk of an asteroid impact is real" and the "consequences ... to collect samples from ...

If the asteroid (estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet wide) were to collide with Earth, it could lead to an air burst — exploding as it enters the atmosphere — or an impact crater. In either ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

This impact left a 112-mile-wide (180 kilometers) crater in what is now Mexico ... Five objects are under particularly close observation. The asteroid Bennu, discovered in 1999, has a 0.037% ...

A recently discovered asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Designated 2024 YR4, it caught astronomers' eyes ...

A team of researchers reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth ... between Mars and Earth, where an impact later blasted it to bits.