Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

As part of the Chang'e 7 mission, China will be searching for frozen water, which is crucial for future lunar exploration.

Scientists use laser technology and robotics to study fusion fuel retention in the JET reactor to unlock the secrets of ...

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Maxar 3 mission, with two high-resolution commercial satellites on board, from the Kennedy ...

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...

Researchers have determined the precise date when an asteroid could potentially impact Earth, carrying with it a power equivalent to that of 22 atomic bombs. This celestial object, named Bennu, ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...