Could asteroid mining make the first trillionaire? It sounds like a sci-fi dream: extracting gold, platinum, and rare metals ...

SpaceX early Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with a batch of Starlink satellites into space from the East Coast.

A meteor streaks across the sky and burns up in a flash. Sometimes, a small piece survives the journey through Earth’s ...

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Ever wonder how NASA captures stunning images from deep space probes? Interplanetary scientist John Spencer takes us behind ...

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

In 2022, both Elon Musk and NASA issued serious warnings about the potential threat of a massive asteroid on a collision ...

The country's space agency said it will return “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos." ...

This week, see how gold is leaking from the planet’s core, watch sharks sharing a communal meal, unearth Egyptian tombs, and ...

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

The spacecraft is en route to a metal-rich asteroid. Hopefully, its backup propellant line can get it there by August 2029.

A minimum of three 'city-killer' asteroids have been spotted near Venus, and they could strike Earth in the next few weeks ...