The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this week on Dec. 19, 2025. Here's the latest news ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance it will hit our planet in the next eight years. Asteroid 2024 YR4, as it's ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.

The most promising clues are not in speculative business plans but in ancient space rocks themselves, whose chemistry and ...