Asteroids

The ancient black dust and chunks are from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away.

With over 30,000 known asteroids out in space, it’s no surprise that planetary scientists like to be on the safe side by studying them and tracking any potential threats we

The plan is to have it crash into the asteroid in September 2022.

It will take eight years before Lucy is expected to reach the final asteroid formation on her journey.

It launched from Cape Canaveral in 2016.

The 1,100-foot asteroid could still strike the Earth in 2068.

The sample collected by the spacecraft Hayabusa2 caps a six-year mission to Ryugu. Researchers hope it will offer clues to "the secrets of the birth of the solar system and the birth of life."

A NASA spacecraft sent out to collect rocks from an asteroid seems to have nabbed a lot of material, but there's now an unexpected problem — a flap isn't closing because some rocks are stuck.

NASA has collected and is returning its first sample from an asteroid. The rocks and dust could help us understand potentially dangerous space rocks and the history of the solar system.

Cash prizes await "citizen scientists" who can improve algorithms that help NASA find and identify asteroids in our solar system, the agency says. A contest begins next week.

With a new moon and dark skies, the best meteor shower of the year should be a good show Sunday and Monday nights if the weather cooperates.

The White House and NASA want the public's help in hunting for asteroids that could potentially smash into Earth. They're also looking for a perfect space rock to capture so that astronauts could go there and study it.