An asteroid discovered just eight days ago will sweep past Earth tonight at a distance closer than one-quarter the gap ...

China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft, which lifted off on 29 May 2025, is on course to attempt a touch-and-go sample grab from near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa this month. If the maneuver succeeds, ...

A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted ...

Our planet inhabits a hazardous environment. Earth is continually bombarded by cosmic objects. Luckily for its inhabitants, most of these objects are very small and cause no harm to life. Some, ...

Rubin Observatory LSST launched June 30, 2026, unleashing a nightly 7-million-alert sky survey powered by SLAC’s 60-second ...

NASA works with scientists worldwide to advance our understanding of what hazards are in our solar system and how we can mitigate the risks.

A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday in a test mission for technology that could help ...

A Chinese spacecraft on a mission to collect and return samples of a near-Earth asteroid beamed back its first image of its ...

Around 7:15 am on June 30 in 1908, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, an object from space entered Earth's atmosphere over ...

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

London: A collection of antique silver found by chance in a family's attic in Edinburgh has sold for nearly £60,000 at auction. More than 100 silver items, dating from the early 1700s to the early ...