The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose harm to our planet, these missions require planning and execution at short ...

A cosmic visitor is stirring up an earthly debate. A Harvard University astrophysicist has suggested the incoming ...

Massive interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, larger than Manhattan, shows unusual glow pattern and planetary alignment that Harvard physicist calls potentially technological.

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared remarkable new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which was ...

Hubble also captured a dust plume ejected from the Sun-warmed side of the comet and a hint of a dust tail streaming away from ...

Mankind must decide how it’s going to deal with contact with extraterrestrials — and time could be running out, one expert warned — after he sounded the alarm that an incoming ...

A meteorite fragment that crashed through a Georgia home's roof in June has been identified as being older than Earth. Originating from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the rock formed 4.56 ...

The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of light — such as a bright moon or artificial glow — are the main obstacles to ...

On June 26, 2024, a 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite crashed into a Georgia home, drawing scientific attention. Named ...