It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

A fossil from Antarctica unveils the oldest-known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, dating back 69 million years. In Chile, ...

NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...

Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher is fired toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into view of the asteroid warning system, called ATLAS, in December last year. Astronomers then calculated that the space lump will make a super close approach to Earth in 2032 ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample ... which would provide a location for the necessary chemical reactions for ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a ...

Two studies published on Wednesday disclosed that the asteroid contained a variety of chemical components essential for life, such as amino acids and elements present in DNA. Researchers also ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, is currently on its close approach to our planet every six years at a distance of about 186,000 miles (299,000 km). However, scientists warn ...

As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.