"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...

For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

More than 38,000 asteroids are known to be in Earth’s vicinity, including 973 “planet killers” of more than half a mile in diameter. Most pose no risk. But NASA estimates that only about 43% of nearby ...

Countless asteroids in our solar system, some close, some far — but did you know that some of these space rocks have names?

The cosmos has always fascinated humanity with its vast mysterious expanse holding both beauty and potential danger. Among ...

The first asteroid, 2025 DE5, is approximately 22 feet in size and will zoom past Earth at a speed of 26,558 km/h. It will ...

NASA warns of two giant asteroids hurtling towards Earth tomorrow. Will they pass safely, or is a collision imminent?, ...

NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...

The task of protecting Earth from these fragments – leftovers from the creation of the solar system 4.6bn years ago – now ...