NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

When scientists cracked open the first grains from asteroid Bennu, they expected a time capsule of rock and dust. What they ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to expand its space presence in 2026, focusing on lunar and asteroid ...

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...

On04, NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by comet Wild 2 to collect some comet dust and bring it back to Earth. Stardust was the ...

On Monday, Congress made good on those promises, releasing a $24.4 billion budget plan for NASA as part of the conferencing ...