Most people know the theory that an asteroid smashed into Earth — hitting what is now the Yucatán Peninsula — and killed off ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

often use their own telescopes and sensitive cameras to look for the sudden dimming of light from a distant star as an asteroid or comet passes in front of it — something known as an occultation.

The spectacle came after SpaceX's Starship rocket suffered a failure during ascent, sending fragments into the atmosphere.

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They photographed the rock star ahead of its world tour. A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision ...

The FAA has authorized the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 following a previous mishap investigation. Separately, astronomers have ...

UK VFX house Jellyfish Pictures has suspended all operations and is currently exploring options for either a sale or large ...

A passenger on a commercial flight documented the moment another of Elon Musk's SpaceX capsules exploded mid-flight ...

FOR a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90m in diameter, it was ...

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