The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

Deep space asteroid sample contains unexpected ingredient Planetary scientists likened it to 'finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice.’ By Andrew Paul Published Jun 23, 2025 11:30 AM EDT ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observations.

Is an asteroid going to hit the Earth? Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a below 0.5% chance of hitting the Earth, according to observations from NASA and other astronomers.

WBBM’s Carolina Garibay visits the Field Museum to meet researchers who will be studying a more than 40 million-year-old asteroid sample collected by NASA.

Read What are asteroids?Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are ...

The asteroid has left our view as it orbits the sun, meaning that the May Webb observations were the last chance to observe YR4 until it reemerges in 2028. NASA already has plans to study it again ...

Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4, but fresh looks at the space rock using Webb and other telescopes have now increased its chances of impacting the Moon. After a brief stint as the highest risk ...

NASA's Worm logo is displayed in front of the agency's headquarters in Washington.Credit: NASA Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the ...