NASA returned its first sample of an asteroid to Earth last year, landing a sample collected from asteroid Bennu in the Utah ...

When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.

China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe just nailed its second trial run for a sample collection attempt in October. The goal is to obtain samples from the surface of the asteroid Bennu and then return ...

A British scientist was the first person to see the rocky surface of the asteroid Eros as the American Near Shoemaker spacecraft historically touched down on it. Dr Louise Prockter, 36 ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

An enormous "God of Chaos" asteroid could be set to strike Earth - but many social media users are more concerned with the terrifying date. The gigantic asteroid, also known as 99942 Apophis ...

An asteroid that was detected only hours earlier was seen crashing to Earth in a large fireball in videos taken from the Philippines. The videos show the 3-foot-wide asteroid falling in a bright ...

By firing it at argon gas, the Sandia team created a plasma in less than a millionth of a second, which released a bubble of X-rays at their asteroid sample. When it came to mimicking the ...

Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost ...

Artist's impression of an asteroid in orbit around the Sun. © DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine Starting at the end of September, Earth ...