Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

This is the spectacular moment a meteor illuminated the night sky over Spain. Footage shows the fireball streaking through ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Today, most of the meteorite is on display at the California State Minerals and Mining Museum in Mariposa, writes.

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Millions of devotees and political leaders have been thronging Maha Kumbh to take a holy dip in Sangam in Prayagraj.

To save humanity from a mysterious extraterrestrial threat lurking in the swamps of Louisiana, three determined veteran ...

In addition to the remarkable minerals museum in Socorro, there is a free, unique museum in Albuquerque that displays a ...

In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...