Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...
The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the ...
YR4, the asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide and is projected to come close to Earth in December 2032.
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.
Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be ...