A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus a half century ago is expected to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth within days.

Recent discoveries have challenged previous assumptions about the space near Earth, revealing a potential population of ...

A Sandia National Laboratories scientist has demonstrated how infrasound technology can improve planetary defense against threats from space.

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid making its way toward Earth today, May 2, 2025, with an alarming speed of 42,300 ...

On for one night only, this IMAX documentary highlights the high-stakes effort by global space experts to protect the planet.

Unlike most asteroids, which are composed of cosmic sediment, Vesta’s surface is volcanic basalt, indicating that it ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" ...

NASA scientists are tracking a star which is so powerful it would rip a human apart if they came within 600 miles - and they ...

Once upon a starlit evening in December 2024, astronomers discovered something small, fast and potentially very rude hurtling ...