Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low ...

ESA’s Mars orbiters have observed comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever discovered. The faint, distant ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

ESA’s Mars orbiters captured images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars, revealing its bright, hazy ...

The 700-hp F-150 Raptor R and the 1,000-hp Hummer EV are the new halo cars in pickup-loving 'Murica. They exist to win the ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But mitigating this is its far greater distance, plus the fact that Earth appears much ...

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...

Our planet had a "second moon" for a hot minute in 2024. This gave space entrepreneurs a bright idea. Almost a year ago, the space science community watched as an asteroid entered Earth's orbit and ...