Debris flying immediately after DART collided with Dimorphos. (NASA DART team and LICIACube) In 2022, NASA made history, deliberately smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has eliminated the possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, resolving a years-long planetary defense alert that once ranked among the ...

Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects drifting, spinning, and hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood, some of them ...

Understanding the make-up of asteroids also matters for the future of exploration: some asteroids may contain metals, minerals, and even water – potentially useful resources. But how can we tell what ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon in 2032! New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that the object will pass safely at a distance of more than 20 000 ...

The largest stars in the universe live the life of a rock star — they are born brilliant, live fast and die young. If that is the case, the one named WOH G64 might be considered the stellar equivalent ...

Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally feared to be heading for Earth, but further observations suggested it would strike the lunar surface.

There’s a hiking trail in Atlanta where the trees are decorated with hundreds of disembodied doll heads, and somehow this is considered a legitimate outdoor activity rather than evidence of a horror ...