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

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

A visit to an asteroid is revealing the origins of life in our solar system. In 2023, the OSIRIS-REx mission brough samples ...

Stargazers rejoice! Dec. 4 marks the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower, as Earth passes through the trail of debris ...

The Geminids first began appearing in the mid-1800s. They are bright, so they're often easier to see than other meteors, NASA ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

December is an exciting month for those who like to look up, with a comet, a meteor shower, and a conjunction between the ...

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

Geminid meteor shower 2025 kicks off tonight with shooting stars amid a full moon rising. Here's where, when, what time, how ...

On November 27, 1885, an astronomer made the first known photograph of a meteor. The picture was taken by Austro-Hungarian ...