This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

Spectrum News NY1's pre-debate show begins at 6:30 p.m. and the post-debate show ends at 10 p.m. Viewers will also be able to watch for free on Spectrum News NY1’s digital platforms. The candidates ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

New York City is gearing up for a significant snowstorm this weekend. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect.

The telescope's view of a portion of the Virgo Cluster is bombarded by asteroids, captured as tricolored streaks. Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA A new telescope in Chile has ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among ...

Astronomers peering through images from the Vera C. Rubin Obervatory have discovered an unusual asteroid spinning so fast that it's broken the record for how space rocks of its size are supposed to ...

A lasso-like device shoots out with a bang. The company's leaders claim it doesn't result in serious injury or death. The device is called BolaWrap. "We employ a multi-sensory, cognitive disruption, ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record. When ...

One of Cea Weaver's since-deleted social media posts said, "Private property is a weapon of white supremacy." Homeownership, she wrote, is, too. In other posts, she sought to "endorse a no more white ...

Scientists analyzing the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid in its size class yet. The record-breaking space rock, called 2025 MN45, is ...