After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO and chief scientist at Space Environment Technologies, is ...

The volcanologist threw cold water on the defense potential of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, which knocked the 580-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022.

Washington’s efforts at space diplomacy unable to counter China’s growing bonds in Africa, which are gaining significance as ...

NASA swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station ...

The legislation comes on the heels of an executive order signed last month by President Donald Trump promising “forceful and ...

The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

NASA says it's aware of an asteroid with a "very small chance" of hitting Earth in seven years. It's raised questions about what scientists could do to divert a threatening asteroid — and who would be ...

Billionaire Elon Musk is known for pushing forward with outlandish takeover bids. He just made his next move. From video game king to the world’s richest man. There has never been anyone quite like ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...