Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...

Infrared asteroid hunter: The NEO Surveyor will scan for heat signatures from asteroids, including those hidden in the Sun’s glare, from the Sun-Earth L1 point. Bennu's distant hazard: Bennu’s orbit ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Scientists say they are studying a surprise from space. NASA recently released scans of the Bennu Asteroid from the agency's Osiris-Rex Mission. Using older Earth scans and ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches that earlier ...

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history.

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders, with few of the smooth patches that earlier ...