When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, ...
California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch asteroids for mining.
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
NASA is closely tracking two asteroids, 2025 VW and 2025 VC2 that are around 1-2 million miles away from the planet.
The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years away. Scientists have captured the moment the shockwave of a supernova ...