“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...

Every six years, an asteroid by the name of Bennu passes by Earth. Bennu is a small, loosely compacted ball of black rocks that formed nearly 4.6 billion years ago. Recently, scientists ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ... that fall to the Earth's surface, they never observed a full ...

NASA's Webb Telescope Captures Photos of the Asteroid That Won't Hit Earth in 2032 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

The photos of asteroid Ryugu were taken by Japan's Hayabusa2 unmanned asteroid probe, while those of asteroid Bennu were taken by the U.S. probe Osiris-Rex. The findings were published Monday in ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list. Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted ...

YR4, in common with most asteroids, is from the asteroid belt. "Which part of the belt is hard to tell," says Fitzsimmons. "One clue that we have is a spectrum of its surface." By examining the ...

This image provided by the European Space Agency on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, captured by NASA's Webb telescope, shows the asteroid 2024 YR4. (European Space Agency via AP) 31,170 people played ...