A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last ... and South Asia.” The images in the animation were captured by an ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on ...