COLORADO SPRINGS–Thirteen years ago a 20-m asteroid streaked without warning into Earth’s atmosphere before exploding over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,500 people and causing widespread ...
Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come ...
Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.
Could we deflect an asteroid to stop it from hitting our planet?
When Cheyenne Hunt first arrived on Capitol Hill as a staffer in 2020, several other young women working there warned her ...
AI is spurring ever more data satellites in space. How humanity plans to deal with the clutter is still an open question.
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff lack the expertise and diplomatic experience needed to secure a deal, former diplomats warn.
Since 2022, 11 American nuclear and space scientists who worked with top secret or sensitive information have disappeared or ...

Over the moon

Mars, you see, has one-third of Earth’s gravity, making it plausible that human beings could live entire lives there and ...
History is full of moments where catastrophe almost consumed everything '€” and humanity barely escaped. Join us as we count ...
On September 8 at Cape Canaveral 7.05pm local time Nasa launched Osiris-Rex spacecraft on a two year journey to intercept the ...
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a stunning photo of the Lyrids meteor shower from the International Space Station.