NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission was designed to collect 60 grams from asteroid Bennu, but the moment the probe touched down, the surface gave way and the arm sank nearly half a meter. The blast of nitrogen ...

The Trump administration wants to cancel funding for several NASA science missions with ties to the University of Arizona, ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...

The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around 20,000 miles from Earth's surface on April 13, 2029—closer than many satellites ...

Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops ...

A new analysis has revealed that water once moved through a small asteroid called Bennu in narrow channels, carving its material into three sharply separated chemical zones. That hidden pattern helps ...

In April 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass Earth at a distance that sounds almost unreal on paper. About 20,000 miles away from the surface, close enou.

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...