Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...
A pair of studies provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth.
Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...