In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Have you ever felt embarrassed by the need to carry a towel, or even a fresh shirt ... four years in space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx craft made a brief landing on the asteroid Bennu to collect samples ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

DART and Hera: Missions to test, study asteroid-obliterating tech The ongoing scientific preparation is not just about observation. In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

NASA uses tools like radar and missions such as OSIRIS-REx, which is gathering asteroid samples to learn more. Even though asteroid 2025 CG is moving quickly, NASA’s radar and tracking systems ...

A small asteroid is set to make a close flyby ... Tracking them helps scientists study space and potential risks. NASA uses radar and missions like OSIRIS-REx for research. These efforts expand ...

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...