"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

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

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

Congress can take action to ensure that NASA has the funding to, at a minimum, support the OSIRIS-APEX mission. When we have new NASA leadership, we urge them to act decisively on this opportunity ...

Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy ...

VIAVI Solutions is contributing to NASA's SPHEREx mission, launched on March 11, 2025. The mission, led by NASA's JPL and ...

Nasa on Tuesday launched its newest space telescope, SPHEREx, designed to map the entire sky in unprecedented color. It ...

NASA develops asteroid defense initiatives to detect and deflect threats, ensuring Earth is prepared for potential ...

and found molecules containing the ingredients for life in samples from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and ...