NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission set out to grab a small scoop of rock from asteroid Bennu and bring it home. Instead, it delivered ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft didn’t just collect rocks from asteroid Bennu — it brought back samples that are rewriting our ...

A rare carbonaceous meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara has captured the attention of scientists for containing grains ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 was, for a brief time, thought to be on a ...