JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...

Asteroid Ryugu or Asteroid 162173 Ryugu is the most important rock in our solar system after following a successful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A planetary defense specialist is cautioning that humanity remains unprotected against as many as 15,000 near-Earth asteroids that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The asteroid binary, Didymos and Dimorphos. But now the mission has revealed something even more profound: by slowing Dimorphos’s ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

NASA’s DART mission changed the Dimorphos' asteroid orbit around the Sun, proving spacecraft impacts could help defend Earth.

2026 FQ2: A massive asteroid is making a close flyby of Earth today, sparking curiosity and concern worldwide. But despite ...

AI-generated image of the asteroid impact. Cracking a cold case is always tricky. But figuring out one from 43 million years ...

It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth ...