Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

A Californian start-up, TransAstra, is planning to develop an inflatable bag capable of catching asteroids and space junk.

A team of astronomers have used the Hubble space telescope to capture with direct imaging asteroids smashing into each other ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and initial calculations suggested a small chance of collision with Earth in 2029. Over the years, astronomers have refined their models, and as of now, they have ...

Meteor showers promise a diverse and exciting year for sky gazing in 2026, ranging from brief and bright outbursts at rapid ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

But 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary rock – it’s a comet from beyond the solar system which greeted the Earth on December 19. It’s ...

AST SpaceMobile launches BlueBird 6, the largest commercial satellite in orbit, aiming to bring 5G directly to smartphones.

Planetary systems begin in chaos. In their primitive form, many rocky and icy objects are careening through space, smashing ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

The effects of cycles of compression and relaxation during Earth’s early lifetime can be studied using a combination of fast ...