NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

Despite its relative weakness, researchers believe it was sufficient to affect the formation of bodies at distances more than seven times the Earth-Sun distance. That includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

The evidence found by the rover includes traces of beaches that may have been adjacent to water, as well as geological ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, repurposed from the successful OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, will have a front-row seat to observe these potential changes. The spacecraft is scheduled to ...