NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into ... The four satellites of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission recently measured a burst of chorus waves coming from a spot about 102,526 ...

Currently, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%,” said NASA in a release. While there’s still a nearly 99 percent chance that 2024 YR4 won’t impact Earth ...

What is the 'alien' that has been found near the South Pole? NASA is keeping a close watch on three asteroids making near-Earth approaches today. One of them, named 2025 CF, will pass within just ...

A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the International Space Station, as it passed by roughly 250 miles overhead.

Get a glimpse of the Moon’s rough terrain, as captured during Apollo missions. A view from the surface of another world. Stare into the heart of our galaxy – the Milky Way, filled with billions of ...

NASA and the Europeans Space Agency are among the world's space agencies developing methods of protecting Earth from inbound threats. The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with ...

It will make a close approach to Earth, coming within 6.3 million kilometres ... it’s clear that regular monitoring is key. NASA and other global agencies are putting in the work to ensure ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an 'arrow' -- a far smaller blue ...

NASA is currently monitoring asteroid 2024 PT5, which is passing by Earth this month at a safe distance. Discovered in August 2024, the 33-foot-wide object has followed a path similar to Earth’s, ...