Humanity has taken a 'notable step forward' in its ability to deflect asteroids heading towards Earth, a new study reveals.

On 12 February 2026, the French company Arianespace successfully launched 32 Amazon LEO satellites with its Ariane 64 mega-rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites ...

Since December 2024, the US space agency has been tracking the 'city-killer' asteroid, dubbed '2024 YR4', as it whizzes ...

Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects ...

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Around 15 percent of near-Earth asteroids have small moons, which suggests binary systems are fairly common. Many of the larger asteroid pairs have likely formed ...

The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth’s polar ...

Tonight the moon is now in a waning gibbous phase after the big full moon total lunar eclipse show earlier this week that won't be visible again in our part ...

CALIFORNIA — The four-person civilian Fram2 mission returned home in a splash down off the coast of California on Friday after being the first humans to orbit Earth's polar regions. Riding in SpaceX’s ...