In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The far side of the Moon has its own versions of the Grand Canyon—two of them, in fact! A new study explains how these deep ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of robotic systems, including spacecraft for ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

One of the most surprising PST Art and Science Collide exhibits was not at a museum or gallery, it was Cal Tech’s, Crossing ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...