Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

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

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

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Aliens could be lurking in hard-to-reach spots on other worlds, according to a new study. The research looked at the oceans ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system ... forged in the earliest days of our cosmic neighborhood.

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...