For decades, scientists have searched the depths of space for clues to one of humanity’s biggest mysteries: how life began. Now, a surprising discovery between distant stars is adding a compelling ...

The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in ...

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

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. The half-hour documentary ...

Dr. Dante Lauretta speaks Monday evening at Duane Smith Auditorium as the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee’s guest. Dr. Lauretta was the Principal Investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is closing in on the asteroid Bennu after more than two years of flight and is sending home some incredible travel photographs. This week, “super resolution” images of the ...

Abstract: In September of 2016, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith EXplorer) spacecraft will depart for asteroid (101955) Bennu, and when it ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mysterious space station incident leaves NASA baffled Wild video shows ...