Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according to ESA/NASA. Credit: Space.com | NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale (STScI), A. Simo ...

an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed ... Aug. 22, 2024 ...

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He said the rock that struck at Velaidum’s home was probably traveling at least 200 km/h [125 mph] by the time it made impact… “`It’s from the asteroid belt…between Mars and Jupiter ...

Asteroids Asteroids have been floating in the dark abyss of space for millions of years. They're often called the remnants of ...