From its first detection using an instrument designed in part by teams based in the Bay, to follow-up orbit analysis ...

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

It’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Mark Garlick The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ...

Asteroid Bennu has gone from a dark speck in telescope images to a kind of time capsule, carrying intact chemistry from the ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...