An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for ...

On March 21, 2021, an object the size of the Empire State Building—traveling at 77,000 miles per hour—passed within 1.25 ...

A critical nutrient used to produce the neurotransmitter serotonin may have turned up in samples collected from asteroid ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

I t’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a close fly-by of Earth this weekend, and it should stay visible for a few ...

Get ready for some news that’s out of this world. An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 could be on course to make contact with the moon—and such an impact wouldn’t come without consequence, according to an ...