Earth is facing two major natural threats: one from deep space and one from beneath our feet. In this playlist, we look at ...
Picture the scene: An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially hazardous — sounds scary, right? Take asteroid 2026 JH2. It was first ...
When the asteroid finally reached Earth, those near the impact site would have seen a blinding fireball, heard a deafening ...
In this James Webb Space Telescope high-resolution infrared image of the face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 628, the gas and dust ...
With Elon Musk’s SpaceX about to go public, here’s how savvy investors can get in on the 21st-century space race ...
Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing ...
Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.
The meteor's explosion highlights how small space rocks frequently enter Earth's atmosphere, often unnoticed until they ...