In our solar system, thousands of asteroids orbit dangerously close to Earth, known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Among them, one asteroid has sparked significant concern: Apophis. This massive ...

There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Bitcoin can't ever experience the same type of problem. What's more, NASA launched a probe in late 2023 and expects it to ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC) was the first person to hypothesize that the seeds of life are present ...

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...