Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

Scientists at NASA have closely been following a near-Earth asteroid, roughly 200 feet in length, that they say could impact ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

While Astronomics does fall into the "job as game" category, it's a good job that starts off fairly basic and expands as it goes.

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

The tech billionaires could collaborate on a "humanity-saving" moon base in case an asteroid hits Earth, Douglas MacKinnon wrote.

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...

YR is considered to be larger than the Chelyabinsk asteroid that struck Russia in 2013. Its shock wave was strong enough to ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.