California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch asteroids for mining.

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When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...

Physicist Michio Kaku rejects Avi Loeb's claim that 3I/ATLAS is alien, saying it's likely a natural interstellar object.

Gaia’s full-sky survey generated a massive database tracking how asteroids reflect light as they rotate. These measurements, called light curves, reveal changes in brightness over time. When ...

Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.

Wyatt Earp was neither a critical success nor a box office hit, although its star, Kevin Costner, has an unrelated regret ...

Wes Anderson is one of the most beloved and respected filmmakers working today, but what are his best movies? Here's our ...

Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a bit more complex than anyone thought.

Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America. Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows that distinct “bioprovinces” of ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Fossils found in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin are reshaping what scientists know about the final days of the dinosaurs. A research team led by New Mexico State ...

A team of scientists has uncovered evidence that a massive asteroid strike created a prominent crater in southern China’s Guangdong province roughly 10,000 years ago, during a period of rapid human ...