Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS got an accuracy boost thanks to a Mars orbiter, giving scientists insights and stronger planetary ...

Six centuries ago, Admiral Zheng He commanded seven "treasure voyages" around Asia in the halcyon days of China's Ming Dynasty. His fleet of colossal four-masted wooden junks - the largest ships of ...

Six centuries ago, Admiral Zheng He commanded seven "treasure voyages" around Asia in the halcyon days of China's Ming Dynasty. His fleet of colossal four-masted wooden junks - the largest ships of ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you know where an object will be, years hence. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered ...

It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system, and it's traveling through space at speeds of up ...

China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a near-Earth asteroid. Tianwen 2 launched on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is tasked with rendezvousing ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

In case you haven't noticed, you may be sleeping better at night. The cosmic dream state you're in could include mind-bending thoughts about an impending asteroid impact on Earth. That's messy ...

They asked for global participation in “Asteroid Day,” an event to be held June 30, 2015, the 107th anniversary of the Tunguska event, an explosion caused by an incoming asteroid or comet that ...