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The stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter ...

In tonight's expanded edition of 60 Minutes, Jon Wertheim reports on how Americans, led by a veteran, rescued nearly 400 ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...

Asteroid 2022 WJ1 was just 20 inches wide, the smallest measured. It exploded in a green fireball visible across Ontario and ...

This week’s Hackaday podcast has a European feel, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for a look at the week’s ...

Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, and while many can be found within the asteroid belt between the ...

The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...

Discovery published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science highlights challenge of contamination in space exploration ...

The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution ...

A team of researchers led by Matthew Genge at Imperial College London confirmed that the asteroid has organic molecules; it confirmed that the samples actually have signs of life — but this life doesn ...