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Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever collected. These fragments date back 4.5 billion years and contain salts, ...

An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

Scientists have found all five nucleobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

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

However, Bennu, a 500-metre wide lump of rock, has been located by the boffins and their telescopes and they’ve given it a 1 ...

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would ...

Imagine that the Earth was hit by an asteroid the size of the World Trade Center. What would happen? Scientists have modeled ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

However, even a Bennu-size asteroid could drastically reduce global food production and lead to worldwide climate change, the researchers said in the study, published Wednesday (Feb. 5) in the ...