Tryptophan, the amino acid often linked to post-turkey-dinner drowsiness, has been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for ...

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...

Jose Aponte, an astrochemist in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-author of ...

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These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

In 2023, scientists managed to discover quite a bit about asteroids. Here are 11 of the biggest updates. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Asteroid 2023 BU is about the size of a box truck and is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded. On Thursday, Jan. 26, a small near-Earth asteroid will ...

Asteroid Leona is expected to eclipse the giant red star Betelgeuse late Tuesday, a long-anticipated event that will help astronomers better understand Leona’s size and Betelgeuse’s make-up. A "ring ...

This photo provided by NASA shows a photo taken by the Lucy spacecraft during Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh, 300 million miles from Earth. It ...

This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA on Aug. 10, 2020 shows the star Alpha Orionis, or Betelgeuse, a red supergiant. The star, one of the biggest and brightest in the ...