The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

Planetary defense has moved from science fiction to a live engineering problem, and the stakes could not be higher. The ...

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this week on Dec. 19, 2025. Here's the latest news ...

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

Scientists led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found sugars essential for biology on Earth in the Bennu ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.