At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was discovered in the last half of December, and R4 since it was the 117th rock to be ...
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Scientists have found an asteroid that might smash into the Earth in December 2032. That's less than eight short years away, ...
Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its ...
An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...
Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...