In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Planets outside our solar system can be wild, weird places. Astronomers have discovered exoplanets shaped like a rugby ball, or where it rains gems, or which have one hemisphere covered in lava. And ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

These are exciting times in space exploration, as more and more countries and private enterprises are mastering technology ...

Some space conspiracy theories just won't go away.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking two asteroids, 2022 OB5 and 2024 YB10, both set to pass Earth on ...

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...