NASA warns of three asteroids, including a bus-sized space rock, passing close to Earth on January 30, 2025. Find out their ...

Amino acids and nitrogen were discovered in four ounces of dust and pebbles from the Asteroid Bennu. Posted: January 30, 2025 ...

The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

An asteroid discovered before the turn of the year could hit the earth in 2032. The first hazard prevention organizations ...

An asteroid the size of a football pitch could hit the Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned. The rocky object, ...

Scientists have discovered numerous organic compounds in samples from the asteroid Bennu, including key amino acids and the ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate and ammonia. Together, ...

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 ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample ...