Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Photograph by NASA/Science Photo Library Asteroids often ... is that it only gives a range of sizes. A larger asteroid with a dark, coal-like surface reflects a similar amount of light to a ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. U.S. and British scientists used photos and data ...