NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

A research team from Hiroshima University has identified the mineral djerfisherite, a potassium-containing iron-nickel sulfide, in a sample from this C-type asteroid. This discovery, published in ...

Knowridge - June 25, 2025 Scanning electron micrograph of the number 15 grain of sample plate C0105-042 from Ryugu, in which djerfisherite was discovered. Credit: Masaaki Miyahara/Hiroshima ...

There is a 1 in 2,700 chance the Bennu asteroid could hit Earth by 2182. An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see at night? From a perfect dark sky location, free from any light pollution, a person with excellent vision may observe a few thousand stars in the sky ...

June 2025 — NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations ...

NASA’s Webb telescope reveals monster star clumps in galactic wreckage Surveying luminous infrared galaxies in the local universe, astronomers have obtained a rare glimpse into processes shaping ...

The Brief The Field Museum received a rare, pristine sample of asteroid Bennu from NASA — a "time capsule" from the early solar system, untouched for 4.6 billion years.

NASA assured the public, however, that the moon's orbit around the Earth would not be altered by a collision with an asteroid the size of YR4.

NASA have issued a disturbing and unexpected update on the 'city destroying' asteroid that could plummet towards the moon in the coming years. Many updates have come out regarding the 'city destroying ...