An object in space that astronomers initially identified as an alarmingly close asteroid headed towards Earth turns out to be ...

Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid ...

Communities across Asia are in high spirits as festivals and parades pave the way for Lunar New Year on Wednesday. Each year is linked to an animal in the Chinese zodiac, with 2025 being the Year of ...

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history ...

Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.

NASA+ partnered with the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for a discussion about this new documentary, "Planetary Defenders." ...

On January 2, some astronomers at the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics thought a rookie ...

While New Shepard is best known as a space tourist vehicle, 19 of its 28 flights to date have been uncrewed. The reusable ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

Hey, guess what? Two asteroids, each about as big as a school bus, are zooming past Earth this Tuesday. They’re going super fast—over 25,000 miles per hour.

PT5 traced to lunar highlands; Apollo 14 rocks match Research reveals natural origin; trajectory rules out space debris ...

Researchers studying 2024 PT5 have observed new data which hints that the rock originated from the Moon. They suspect that it was knocked off the lunar surface after a massive impact several thousands ...