Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Dante Lauretta, a professor at the University of Arizona and the OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, speaks at a press conference after a sample of Bennu had been transported to Earth. NASA/Keegan ...

Find Asteroid Day Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Asteroid Day and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. Explore more on Asteroid Day.

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

For years, NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has sought to bring back a collection ... Agency in executing a plan to actually retrieve and transport the samples to Earth for scientists to study ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

This combination of rock, water and organics is one reason OSIRIS-REx chose to sample the organic-rich asteroid Bennu, where water and organic compounds essential to the origin of life could be found.

1. A hot water extract from an asteroid Bennu sample was found to contain an "exceptionally high" and "surprising abundance" of ammonia, which is a key chemical building block for life.

A portion of the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, set into a microscope slide at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: Molly ...