Based on JWST's readings, which were collected on February 18 and 26, experts from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object ...

The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if the most devastating asteroid hit Earth tomorrow, revealing impact zones, tsunamis, and mass extinctions. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the catastrophic scenario of a magnitude 20 earthquake hitting Earth today, revealing the unimaginable destruction and global effects. A high-stakes State of ...

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - and should you be worried about the possibility? Leah Crane sets the matter straight ...

"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and ...

There is another way forward. A circular economy for space applies the same principles that aims to transform modern waste policy on Earth. This means designing products to last and keep them in ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

This meant subjecting microbes to minimum pressures equivalent to ten times those of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of ...

Friday the 13th fills some people with dread. Why do so many think the day is unlucky? Turn your luck around with free food ...

M odern life provides enough for us to worry about without having to add space junk to that list. Unfortunately, it is ...

More space technology must be developed to prevent "city-killing asteroids" from hitting Earth, experts recommended at a recent science conference. While the risk is low, mid-size asteroids near Earth ...