In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

As our planet gets less habitable, the idea has popped up of moving to Mars while we give it a good scrub. ‘The Little Prince ...

The asteroid was first discovered last year on August 7, 2024. To rule out 2024 PT5 being space junk, scientists at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) analysed its motion but the the ...

If you're planning on stargazing in Dubai, these are all the biggest space events in the 2025 calendar that you have to get ...

A recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters provides new insights into the Martian dichotomy, a striking geological difference between Mars' northern and southern hemispheres. Using data ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...