For once, Earth isn’t the one in the crosshairs. NASA scientists have confirmed that a fast-moving asteroid first spotted by ...
Currently, experts estimate that asteroid mining remains at least two to three decades away from commercial viability. Yet ...
As 3I/ATLAS races through our solar system, NASA and Harvard take unprecedented action to study its bizarre anti-tail and ...
The object, initially thought to be a meteorite, could actually be Zond 1, a Soviet spacecraft that was destined for Venus 60 ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...
Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...
If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
A mysterious interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is showing bizarre behaviour, including an anti-tail and erratic motion, forcing ...
From the orbit of Mars, China's Tianwen-1 sent back new and intriguing images of our interstellar visitor. An animation shows ...
The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...
A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...