The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

A rare asteroid the size of Salford is about to fly close to Earth. The space rock, named (887) Alinda, is so large that ...

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

NASA reports that two asteroids, 2024 YC9 and 2024 YL1, will approach Earth on January 3, 2025, providing a valuable ...

Mars’ strangely small mass still puzzles planetary scientists. Definitive answers as to why are still hard to come by.

Space Rider is a reusable spacecraft designed to carry out various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit ... is when a spacecraft passes close enough to a planet or moon to use its gravity ...

It also opens new possibilities for detecting planets near Sagittarius A* ... It creates an artificial star at 90 km altitude in the Earth´s mesosphere. This star is used as a reference to correct ...