"In my opinion, planetary defense is an operational mission which should be formally tasked to U.S. Space Command." ...

Sandia scientist John Sandusky believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into ...

An asteroid the "size of an aeroplane" is expected to pass by Earth in the coming days. The space rock named 2025 OW will ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

Heliostats that harness sunlight by day could help detect asteroids by night, offering the U.S. a scalable planetary defense ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Super Volcanoes Are Worse Than Asteroids explores the potential impact of super volcanoes on Earth. The video discusses their ...

"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and ...

NASA has reported that two large asteroids, 2025 OU1 and 2025 OX, will approach Earth on July 26, 2025. Asteroid 2025 OU1, measuring about 140 feet wide, will pass at approximately 2.68 million ...

Without too much interference from moonlight, the meteors should appear bright and clear in regions away from city lights.

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...