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

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.

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

Planetary defence research often sits between modelling and imagination, with few chances to test real materials under realistic conditions. A new stu.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union explored ideas so extreme they border on science fiction—including using asteroids as ...

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 ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...

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

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

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