We often wonder whether there are aliens on other planets but what if we ourselves are aliens on the planet we call home? Panspermia, the “controversial” theory that life “began elsewhere in space” ...

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

Most of us imagine asteroids as giant space rocks that can cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth. But a new study ...

Northrop Grumman cargo ship reaches the International Space Station a day late after engine issue Harris reveals 'first ...

Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...

Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report published in Nature Astronomy by an international team ...

When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a ...

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is a sizeable 520 ...

To make plastic we need to pipe hydrocarbon into refiners, and we make that by combining water and carbon in a chemical lab.

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers now confirm that this small body, named 2025 PN7, is traveling in a special ...