Odds of a city-killer asteroid hitting Earth just went up
Astronomers keeping a close eye on a near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 have just raised the odds of an impact with our planet......
Astronomers keeping a close eye on a near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 have just raised the odds of an impact with our planet......
A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth in eight years from now - on 22......
Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, is slowly spiraling toward the Red Planet and is expected to meet a catastrophic......
Supermassive black holes are among the most fascinating and intimidating objects in the universe, with masses reaching a billion......
The home star has kept the Solar System orderly for billions of years, thanks to its immense gravitational pull. The planets......
Astronomers know that some stars hurtle through space at astonishing speeds, which are often attributed to natural gravitational......
The Parker Solar Probe – a spacecraft designed by the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) to withstand......
Half a century ago, the notion of shaking hands with aliens was treated as a joke - what if they were made of antimatter? A touch......
A new technique may soon allow scientists to detect radio communications from alien civilizations – if they exist –......
When stars near the end of life, they swell between 10 and 100 times their current size, engulfing the nearest planets in the......
Interstellar travel using current chemical rocket technology would require millions of years. However, advancements in genetics......
An international team of astronomers has discovered an "interstellar tunnel" in our Solar System’s neighborhood,......