These events, often called "planet parades" or "planetary alignments," though not exceedingly rare, are worth observing since they don't happen yearly.
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have calculated the chance that someone will be killed by a falling ...
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...
Rumors of a space nuke made geopolitical tensions extend into orbit. Amid an Escalating Arms Race in Space with Russia and ...
Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...
Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...