Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...

Hera will be beginning a two-year journey past Mars and out to the asteroid belt where it will help us understand how to ...

Some 66 million years ago, the catastrophic event that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked the beginning of a unique relationship ...

NASA LANL NEWS RELEASEIn 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth ...

An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...

Meandering between Mars and Jupiter, an asteroid named Psyche holds an estimated worth of a staggering $10,000 quadrillion.

LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their ...

The research has been led by a scientist called Joshua Pearce. It says that the organic compounds inside of asteroids - which ...

When the dust that covered the skies 66 million years ago prevented plants from photosynthesizing and benefited creatures ...

Asteroid Bennu, a near-Earth object, has played a key role in improving our knowledge of asteroids and Earth's history. Now, ...

A new study sheds light on the birthplace of asteroid Ryugu, which is now believed to have formed near Jupiter.