A "city-killer" asteroid was found to have a greater chance of hitting the Moon than Earth, according to a new observation ...

NASA is preparing for a potential asteroid impact, and a recent study has revealed some startling information about what’s ...

Captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter, the stunning panoramic photo shows Arsia Mons rising above early morning clouds. It's the first time a Martian volcano has been photographed on the ...

So despite having been extinct for 66 million years, the pterosaurs have huge potential as the inspiration for aircraft ...

NASA is launching rockets from a remote Pacific island to study mysterious, high-altitude cloud-like structures that can disrupt critical communication systems. The mission, called Sporadic-E ...

On average, one or two space rocks large enough to cataclysmically impact ... NASA is launching a spacecraft next year to conduct the first test of one promising strategy for stopping a killer ...

The asteroid ... from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to make a precise calculation of Bennu’s orbit and its future proximity to our home planet. The researchers then analyzed the impact hazard ...

New analyses have dramatically altered this outlook. The latest data suggests that the likelihood of the asteroid striking ...

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...

While some welcome the change, other experts warn that this move could make it even harder to access scientific information ...

What was once dubbed a potential 'city-killer' asteroid for Earth has now had its sights redefined. New observations from ...

YR4 was one of the highest-risk asteroids identified in the last 25 years. There’s a 4.3 per cent chance it hits the moon.