Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about every six ...

We look ahead to a future moment when asteroid Bennu will pass dangerously close to Earth and why even small odds demand serious preparation. By following NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, we explore how ...