"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 ...

A scientist at Sandia National Laboratories is exploring an unconventional way to detect asteroids after dark, by turning solar power mirrors into nighttime surveillance tools. John Sandusky believes ...

NASA is monitoring a giant space rock that is set to zoom past Earth next week – and it's bigger than the Leaning Tower of ...

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

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

Space officials estimate the rock is about 220 feet across, making it larger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa at 185 feet. 2025 ...

Asteroid 2025 OU1, about 140 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth in 2025. While it poses no immediate threat, scientists ...

All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet. After all, it’s the only one we have, NASA Administrator Bill ...

The team of physicists from The University of Arizona say they were motivated by the possibility of Compact Ultradense ...

Ed Lu wants to save Earth from killer asteroids. Or at least, if there is a big space rock streaking our way, Dr. Lu, a former NASA astronaut with a doctorate in applied physics, wants to find it ...

These asteroids were likely around when our solar system was forming 4.5 billion years ago. They originated in a different star system. And when our solar system was forming, ...