Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

Hubble celebrates its 35th launch anniversary tomorrow (April 24), but there is a slight, yet tangible, damper in the air.

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

Vatican Observatory Report! Discover Br. Bob Macke’s work on asteroid Bennu and more groundbreaking science from VO ...

Vatican Observatory Report! Discover Br. Bob Macke’s work on asteroid Bennu and more groundbreaking science from VO ...

A tiny bit of asteroid dust is rewriting what we know about the early solar system and about ourselves. Pope Francis Passes ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...

Nigerian police have reported the deaths of four people during clashes between farmers and ranchers in Bennu state.

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

NASA has defined asteroids as small, rocky objects that orbit the sun like planets, but they are much smaller in size. Most of them are found in the main asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of ...

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting ...