Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread “devastation” on Earth’s surface, according to a recent analysis. Writing in Science Advances, researchers used computer ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

The California company has already launched a demonstration spacecraft into Earth orbit and raised ... such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.