Astronomers have discovered six hidden asteroids orbiting alongside Venus — and three of them could one day strike Earth.

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

According to a new study, a Moon strike by asteroid 2024 YR4 could create a debris cloud weighing more 100,000,000kg – 10 per ...

Strong winds broke loose a Celebrity Cruises ship from its moorings in Juneau, Alaska. The captain maneuvered the ship back to the dock. Thomas Mulligan analyzes why mega volcanoes are a more ...

One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

His research unraveled mysteries about the solar system and the demise of the dinosaurs. In retirement, he turned his ...

The installation of the French telescope at the Assy-Turgen Observatory is part of the Kazakh Astrophysical Institute’s ...

Last month, in association with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we held the 2025 Sloan Film Summit, three days where we brought together the worlds of ...

Solar sails represent one of the most elegant concepts in space exploration: using sunlight itself to propel spacecraft ...