Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Elon Musk and SpaceX reminisced about the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket seven years ago on Thursday.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...