The number 40,000 might not sound particularly dramatic, but it represents humanity's growing catalog of near-Earth asteroids ...

NASA’s decades-long watch on near-Earth space has revealed a landscape that is far more dynamic, and far more intricate, than ...

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...

Scientists say that there could be small black holes lurking in our solar system that could pass right through you at any ...

At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) observatory.

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a four per cent chance of hitting the moon on 22 December 2032. However, fresh observations ...

Gaia’s full-sky survey generated a massive database tracking how asteroids reflect light as they rotate. These measurements, called light curves, reveal changes in brightness over time. When ...

The Taurid meteor shower—known for its “Halloween Fireballs” that illuminate the sky from late October to early November— could hold clues to future threats from space such as airbursts and actual ...