Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

City-sized butterfly crater discovered in Mars’ Idaeus Fossae region Wings suggest buried ice melted by asteroid impact ...

Unlike YR4, finding earlier observations of 3I/ATLAS to model where it might have come from was easier said than done. During ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

A team of Baruch College students won the Galactic Impact Award at the 2025 NASA International Space Apps Challenge in New York City, a global hackathon competition where teams have 48 hours to build ...

Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

A new study published in Planet reveals a Micro-XRD method to quantitatively measure the ancient collision histories of ...

A mysterious interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS is about to make its closest approach to Earth in December 2025. Here's ...

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...