Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

This September, the agency is scheduled to launch a robotic spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, which will fly to within a few miles of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu, map it for several months and then ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of discovery." ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...

NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes ... will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit around the sun. Swarms of Trojans precede and follow ...

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from any large asteroids discovered coming our way.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes ... will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit around the sun. Swarms of Trojans precede and follow ...