The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Observations from global observatories, including the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

Learn why the Moon moving away from Earth affects tides and Earth's rotation. Discover this fascinating lunar phenomenon and ...

Imagine a massive celestial body colliding with Uranus at high speed; this impact could have 'overturned' Uranus, causing its ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of ...

NASA has responded to speculation that mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is actually an alien starship preparing to invade Earth.

To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole. Their technique ...