The near-Earth asteroid Eros will pass by the galaxy Andromeda this evening. The rare event will be streamed live.

Asteroid Bennu has gone from a dark speck in telescope images to a kind of time capsule, carrying intact chemistry from the dawn of the solar system. Now, with scientists reporting a key amino acid in ...

The next full moon is the last supermoon of 2025, set to shine for days. Here's what to know about December's cold moon and the longest night of year.

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

It’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a ...

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NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured Earth and moon images during a gravity-assist flyby, confirming instrument functionality and maintaining course for its 2029 encounter with asteroid Apophis.

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

When a meteor flashes across the night sky, it’s more than a beautiful streak of light. It’s a delivery from deep space—an ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...