As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

NASA tracks asteroid 2025 OL1, set to pass Earth on July 30, 2025 at a speed of 16,900 mph. Despite its proximity, scientists assure it poses no threat.

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer ...

Japanese scientists recently discovered organic matter on a distant asteroid, reviving interest in the panspermia theory—the idea that life spreads through space via celestial objects. This theory ...

Man-made risks such as nuclear war or lab-created viruses are most likely to bring about the end of the world as we know it, according to author Tom Ough, who has written a new book about threats to h ...

In December 2024, an asteroid was discovered that, according to estimates made at the time, had a probability of ...

Until now, astronomers have detected fully formed, massive, newborn planets or observed younger protoplanetary discs, but ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the initial stages of a solar system's formation around a distant star, HOPS-315.