An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032.

Meteorite hunting is a side quest for Perseverance, whose primary job is to search for signs of ancient life in Jezero and ...

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...

In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, NASA has confirmed that samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain all five ...

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a possible space rock on the surface of Mars. The meteorite's nickname is 'Phippsaksla.' ...

In a first for the Perseverance rover, it appears to have found an iron-nickel meteorite near the Jezero Crater.

Cameras across Michigan and several other states captured a meteor in the sky early Sunday morning, according to NASA.

Scientists suspect iron meteorites might be able to resist erosion on Mars, which may explain why some appear perched on flat ground rather than embedded in craters. In other cases, a crater may have ...

NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.