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

NASA is closely tracking two asteroids, 2025 VW and 2025 VC2 that are around 1-2 million miles away from the planet.

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

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

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 ...

Planetary science is in limbo during the government shutdown — things like analyzing asteroids, studying the magnetosphere of Jupiter, or better understanding Mars so that humans might one day visit.

After being listed as questionable on Friday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has been ruled inactive with back tightness. That means Bailey Zappe will serve as Dillon Gabriel's backup ...

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 ...

A still powerful Hurricane Melissa made a second landfall early Wednesday over Cuba at Category 3 strength. It made its first landfall Tuesday afternoon along Jamaica’s southern coast with 185 mph top ...

Astronomers have reportedly discovered a skyscraper-sized asteroid moving through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace. The asteroid, named 2025 SC79, circles the sun once every 128 days, ...