The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

A small but fierce jawbone sits in Argentina’s natural science museum in Buenos Aires. Six inches long and studded with ...

For nearly a quarter-century, the nonprofit B612 Foundation has helped scientists track dangerous asteroids and educated the ...

Great galaxy, a bubble gum asteroid is heading for for the Star Trek: Scouts school! Can the kids stop it in time?

When astronomers talk about asteroid Apophis, the mood is a mix of fascination and unease. Discovered in 2004 and quickly ...

Nasa is looking at several options, like crashing a probe into the asteroid to nudge it off course, but that plan was later ...

On Feb. 12, 2009, a Continental airlines turboprop commuter plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, ...

On Feb. 12, 2009, a Continental airlines turboprop commuter plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, including one person in the house.

Scientists are rethinking extinction risk as studies reveal how shrinking populations disrupt social connections that many animals depend on.

Amino acids from asteroid Bennu suggest that some of life’s building blocks formed in icy conditions in the early solar system.

Research shows that while social media remained a core channel for advertisers in terms of ROI, investment declined as ...

Narrated by the soothing voice of the Oscar-winning Morgan Freeman, this four-part natural history series is brought to us by ...