Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

Astronomers were slow at spotting a small giraffe-sized asteroid that zoomed past our planet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ...

On September 23, 2025, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX successfully used an Earth flyby to slingshot toward its target: potentially ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

For the first time, tryptophan, which is an essential amino acid, has been identified in extraterrestrial material.

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Near-Earth asteroid Eros will appear near the Andromeda Galaxy on 30 November, offering a rare sky alignment livestream for ...