The chances of Earth being hit by an asteroid in 2032 have roughly doubled – though we are almost certainly fine. On 22 ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

The fear of a collision between Earth and a meteorite is growing. The European Space Agency (ESA), in constant collaboration with the US agency (NASA), is still trying to gather as ...

Sunita Williams, Indian-origin NASA astronaut, clicked the “ultimate selfie" on January 30. The photograph, shared by NASA on ...

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

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

The nearly 5.5-hour feat set a record for astronaut Sunita Williams, who became the woman with the most time spent on ...

Shubhanshu Shukla, a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force, is set to become the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). He will serve as a pilot in the Axiom-4 ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral ...