Planetary defense has moved from science fiction to a live engineering problem, and the stakes could not be higher. The ...

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

The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling ...

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

NASA confirms building-sized asteroid 2025 XV, 290 feet wide, will safely pass Earth on December 18 offering scientists a ...

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking asteroid 2025 XV, a 290-foot building-sized object, set to safely pass Earth on December 18.

The space object, which was only recently discovered by scientists, will pass closest to Earth on Friday, December 19. Here's ...

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine ...

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

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