In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu and ...

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The upcoming annular solar eclipse will be the first since 2024. During the event, the moon's shadow will carve a path 383 ...

The icy solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) is set to make its closest pass of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 17), an event known to astronomers as perigee. But your ability to see the ancient wanderer ...

Astronomers do not know where thousands of “city-killer” asteroids are, Nasa’s head of planetary defence has admitted.

While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

A top astronomer responsible for defending the Earth against asteroids has revealed what keeps her up at night — thousands of “city killer” space rocks that remain undetected. Dr Kelly Fast, NASA’s ...

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

NASA's head of planetary defence has revealed what keeps her up at night - tens of thousands of 'city killer' asteroids that remain undetected.

EARTH cannot defend itself against the thousands of “city killer” asteroids that are zooming around space near our planet, Nasa chiefs warn. They reckon there are about 15,000 undetected ...

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...