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

Earth witnessed its most catastrophic extinction—a story written in asteroids, ash, and evolution. Now, SpaceBalls brings ...

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

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

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

NASA scientists have set out the truth about a 220-foot asteroid hurtling 'near' Earth early next week. Naturally, talk of ...