Asteroids, comets, and clouds contain complex organic molecules that form in space and might have kickstarted life on Earth ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a ...

These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

China's asteroid sampling spacecraft, Tianwen 2, has been on its interplanetary journey for more than four months, and while it has traveled over 43 million kilometers, its mission is far from ...

A groundbreaking study of asteroid Ryugu has revealed something scientists never expected: water moved through its rocky ...

According to a study conducted by University of Tokyo researchers, Ryugu maintained a "pristine record" of late water activity. By examining the lutetium and hafnium isotopes in their rock samples, ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

The earliest such attempts date to Nikola Tesla in 1899. Where, and how, are we listening today? What are we hoping to hear? Take a look.

Oct. 8 (UPI) --International space agencies say an asteroid zipped by Earth closer than a large number of satellites currently in orbit, but was not detected until hours later. The European Space ...

On Oct. 1, 2025, the small asteroid known as 2025 TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station.

Earth has a near miss—twice—after two small asteroids seemingly passed alarmingly close to the planet, less than two days apart, one of them going completely unnoticed until hours after it had already ...