The Geminids meteor shower peaks during mid-December and is considered to be one of the best and most reliable annual meteor ...

Brace yourself as we unveil the cosmic secrets of our solar system! Discover how NASA has uncovered 'invisible' asteroids hiding behind Venus, posing a surprising threat to Earth. Join us on this ...

A bus-size asteroid is on course to skim past our planet, a reminder that Earth moves through a shooting gallery of rocks and ...

Turn your attention skyward Saturday evening and you should be able to catch the peak of the annual Geminids meteor shower.

A sleep-inducing molecule humans use to make proteins was found, along with other amino acids, on an asteroid named Bennu.

The annual Geminid meteor shower should peak on Saturday night and continue onto early morning on Sunday while remaining ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

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

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something NASA is calling "space gum?" ...

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.