Astronomers are constantly tracking “potentially hazardous” objects in space, using advanced telescopes capable of detecting ...

The timing of Earth’s earliest life alongside a surge of asteroid impacts raises the possibility that prebiotic molecules or ...

Blasting meteorite samples with CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, the team found that the material "became stronger". That ...

In national security space, “dim objects” typically refer to satellites or debris that emit little energy and are hard to see with traditional sensors. Detecting and characterizing them is already ...

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Unistellar's citizen scientists are using their smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense, research and observational astronomy.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

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

Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...