Scientists find several building blocks of life on Bennu, an extraterrestrial asteroid, whose samples were collected by a ...

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a Martian meteorite have detected fragments of human-like DNA, challenging long ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

A UA-led telescope atop of Mount Graham has captured the first glimpse of an asteroid-bound spacecraft since its launch in September 2016. The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, an international ...

Nearly two years after launch, the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission caught its first glimpse of the asteroid Bennu on Aug. 17, from 1.4 million miles away. The asteroid appeared as a speck ...

An apparent meteor lit up the sky – and social media – in Flagler Beach, Monday, Oct. 27, as it blazed through the sky. Resident Jen Efford told The News-Journal that she and her husband noticed posts ...

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved. Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece ...

P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center; and M. Breukers and C. Johannink, Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS), BeNeLux, report that the chi Cygnids meteor shower (IAU ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The annual Orionid meteor shower will return on the Oct. 21 and 22, which could offer a few opportunities to see some shooting stars. This year’s event comes under new moon ...

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