According to scientists, the asteroid came closest to Earth on Christmas Day and passed near around 500,000 miles.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the ...

The planet that the asteroid was once a part of contained a salty ocean. Scientists found 11 minerals in the samples, but more importantly, they found 14 out of 20 key building blocks for life -- at ...

Aviation expert discusses Washington D.C. crash ...

New and exciting discoveries that belonged to the first female pharaoh were unveiled to the public in Egypt. Archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and his team have been working at the Temple of Hatshepsut in ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...

NASA scientists have discovered organic content in the samples recovered from the asteroid Bennu, which points back to the ...