No one spotted the asteroid as it approached. Astronomers caught it only a few hours after it had already passed, when data ...

Natural glass found only in Australia could be evidence of an unknown, ancient asteroid impact, researchers say. A new analysis of impact-created "tektites" points to a powerful collision millions of ...

However, that's where mini-moons come in; these objects represent a far more achievable target for asteroid mining. After all, they're right there above ... he worked on for NASA can live on through ...

As part of World Space Week, which is highlighting the theme of living in space, we look at one scientist's dream of gigantic ...

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

Meet the online star who likes to play with fire. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. Hasan Piker has no ...

Cosmic beings, welcome to the week where eclipse season officially closes — and it doesn’t end with a whisper, it ends with a ...

Astronomy news today is packed with discoveries about the Sun, including tiny solar loops and hidden engines that drive solar ...

These labs are making space travel more exciting by developing better rockets and spacecraft. They’re working on ways to ...

Asteroid 2025 TF zipped past Earth above Antarctica, coming within 428 km of the surface. Roughly the size of a small car, it ...

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...