Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

Last year, researchers excitedly announced that they had found two organic compounds essential for living organisms in ...

When scientists discovered water and a chemical compound common in RNA on a rock from the asteroid Ryugu, astronomy fans and ...

A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.

Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to avoid contaminating ...

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...

The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away ...

The asteroid 16 Psyche is theorized to contain $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 worth of valuable metals, including platinum and ...

A small asteroid, 2024 UQ, hit Earth's atmosphere with minimal warning, highlighting gaps in detection systems. The next ...

A BUS-SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...