The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an ...

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...

Planetary defence research often sits between modelling and imagination, with few chances to test real materials under realistic conditions. A new stu.

Samples from the asteroid Bennu hint that some of life’s ingredients were forming long before Earth existed. NASA’s ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

AI agents now have their own MMO where they mine asteroids, form factions, and engage in space piracy—while humans just watch ...

NASA’s growing focus on asteroids isn’t just about science — it’s about survival. Recent discoveries show how little warning we may have before a dangerous impact. Even relatively small asteroids ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

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

Research findings are available online in the Astrophysical Journal. The original story “ Student made cosmic dust in the lab ...