Space is big. Disturbingly big. And most of the time, it goes about its business without us paying much attention. But every so often, something out there catches scientists’ eyes in a way that stops ...

Infrared detection boost: The NEO Surveyor will use heat signatures to spot asteroids and comets from the Sun-Earth L1 point, avoiding the limitations of ground-based telescopes. Bennu’s far-off ...

The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around 20,000 miles from Earth's surface on April 13, 2029—closer than many satellites ...

The Trump administration wants to cancel funding for several NASA science missions with ties to the University of Arizona, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The researchers believe this organic matter may have ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Asteroid mining seems simple in theory. A spacecraft flies up to a giant rock in space, scoops out some material, and either ...

Dante's description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a ...

An ancient impact may have scattered material from deep inside the moon toward NASA's planned Artemis landing sites near the ...

An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will fly by Earth, according to the European Space Agency.