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A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

NASA is tracking 2026 FB, a 69-foot-wide asteroid set to fly past Earth at a safe distance. Scientists explain why these ...

A close-up of the surface of asteroid Ryugu. (MASCOT/DLR/JAXA) A new analysis of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu has ...

Some of the most important asteroid searches are done at exactly the time of night when satellite trails are hardest to avoid ...

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have been found to contain all five nucleobases, adding to evidence that ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected.

TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit. “We want to bring an ...