WASHINGTON: New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of ...

No company has ever achieved what asteroid mining startup AstroForge is about to set out to do. Success is anything but ...

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

Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission, which touched down briefly on the space rock in October 2020 to gather over 4 ounces of material, and then brought that sample ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

Okay, I am being overly dramatic by the title, the asteroid YR4 was initially projected to have a 3.1% chance of hitting the ...

US startup Karman+ has raised $20m in seed funding to further its mission of mining space resources from asteroids ...