The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

There are many famous mysteries from the Middle Ages that have kept us guessing. Such as the fate of King Edward II and the ...

The odds of a strike will almost certainly continue to go up and down as the asteroid’s path around the sun is better ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

THE massive asteroid YR4 now has a greater chance of smashing into Earth than any asteroid in history – as Nasa raises the ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

Scientists observed constant flares from the Milky Way's black hole, revealing unpredictable and intense activity.

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...