The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening ...

NASA's Bennu samples reveal ancient water traces and life's building blocks, while China plans its own asteroid mission, ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...