Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

Locked inside a frozen rock from the edge of the world is a story that began before Earth had oceans, continents or even a ...

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

A visit to an asteroid is revealing the origins of life in our solar system. In 2023, the OSIRIS-REx mission brough samples ...

On November 30, 1954, an Alabama woman received an out-of-this-world surprise. Elizabeth Hodges was napping on her couch when ...

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

On November 27, 1885, an astronomer made the first known photograph of a meteor. The picture was taken by Austro-Hungarian ...

The Geminids first began appearing in the mid-1800s. They are bright, so they're often easier to see than other meteors, NASA explained.