Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.

NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...

Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...