Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission will study the Sun’s corona and solar wind using four small satellites. Launching in 2025, it aims to ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

The PUNCH mission will also involve creating an artificial total solar eclipse, which will provide an extended, ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

A North Canterbury community is vowing to fight a proposed solar farm near their homes. Australian company Energy Bay Ltd has ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space ...

From the blog of Adrian Stein at The Times of Israel ...

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its ...