NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Space is full of debris, asteroids, and icy wanderers doing their thing, but every so often, something starts heading a […] ...

NASA says that asteroid Bennu could crash into planet earth in September 2182. NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals.

The sample collected from the 4.5 billion-year-old near-Earth asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission arrived on Earth in a capsule on September 24, dropping from the ...

While hanging out at Bennu, the spacecraft collected enough data to help scientists better predict the asteroid's orbital path for the next 200 years. The samples are expected to be back in 2023.

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

A plane-sized asteroid scheduled to pass Earth next week is making headlines, but NASA experts want the public to understand why this encounter is more routine than remarkable.

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 captured a lot of headlines shortly after its discovery because it had a slim chance of hitting Earth. The object is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet wide, large enough ...