On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...
Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 39m and 90m long will impact the Earth ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
If the asteroid were to hit the Earth, NASA estimates that would happen on Dec. 22, 2032. It would most likely land somewhere ...
The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...
Dr Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist and author based in London, warns that 'we might not be able to stop 2024 YR4'.
NASA astronaut Suni Williams tells John Dickerson about her extended stay in space with crewmate Barry "Butch" Wilmore aboard ...
Dr Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist and author based in London, warns that 'we might not be able to stop 2024 YR4'.