Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution of the debris cloud created by the smash-up over the course of a month; ...

Recently discovered asteroid 2023 DW has been predicted to have a close encounter with Earth on Feb. 14, 2046. See NASA's ...

Ceres is the largest 'asteroid' in our solar system, big enough that it's actually classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

In a new teaser for AMC's Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, Lestat isn't going to make this interview easy for Daniel - ...

We admire grit and perseverance, but surprising research suggests that giving up on ambitions in the right way can actually ...

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.

Professor Brian Cox has dismissed theories labeling interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as an alien spacecraft, urging reliance on ...

The Moon instead has no atmosphere. Meteors and fireballs cannot be seen before they impact, and they do impact. They are ...

All's Fair star Niecy Nash-Betts explained how she became "obsessed" with AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire/The ...