Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

How space dogfighting games evolved from vector lines to virtual cockpits.

Asteroids are not just random rocks — some are massive, fast, strangely shaped, or on trajectories that make scientists pay ...

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 ...

China is accelerating its efforts in space exploration by enhancing research into space mining technologies. This move is ...

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

The indie game developer Michael Prymus has announced the modern space shooter game Astro Busters, which is said to have ...

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.

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

Getting into space has never been cheaper thanks to private firms and reusable technology. That has sparked something of a ...

January brought a wide range of thoughtful science conversations featuring researchers from the SETI Institute, spanning everything from hands-on planetary defense with citizen scientists to careful ...