On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of ...

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Telescopes across the globe will track it so that astronomers can determine its exact location and make predictions about ...

The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...