New observations of 3I/ATLAS provide real data that scientists are using to evaluate asteroid behavior ahead of Apophis’ 2029 ...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope observed repeated asteroid collisions in Fomalhaut’s planetary system, identifying debris clouds cs1 ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

From literary fiction to sci-fi to deep dives in history, these books stayed with our reporters, producers and staffers long after the last page. This year in particular it feels hard to tell what is ...

Get ready for an interstellar thrill! NASA has unveiled the discovery of a 'sister' comet to 3I/ATLAS, zooming through space and heading towards Earth! Will it be a celestial show or a cosmic scare?

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s soaring towards Earth at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to measure ...

The chances of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025, after astronomers discovered a building-sized asteroid hurtling towards Earth. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first detected by ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid—"2025 XM"—that is expected to pass within 295,000 miles of Earth today, December 9, according to data from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The visiting ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

Researchers discovered sugars essential for biology, including glucose, in the asteroid material for the first time. A strange, pliable substance nicknamed "space gum" was also found, which could have ...

All the essential ingredients to kick-start life as we know it have now been found in samples from the asteroid Bennu. This shows that asteroids could have delivered all the prerequisites for life to ...