The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

NASA has unveiled a series of new discoveries that make the possibility of alien life elsewhere in the universe more ...

NASA is floating a notional mission that would send three astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid using SpaceX hardware, and the ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

The space agency has reportedly discovered life-giving essential sugars on the asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide rock hurtling ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

An artist's rendering depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-and-Go Sample Arm Mechanism. In samples taken from a distant asteroid, scientists have discovered a ...

The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.