Did our AI summary help? Scientists are closely monitoring a space rock known as Asteroid 2007 EG, which will make a notable pass near Earth on 15 March. The object is drawing attention from ...

Human vision is pretty remarkable relative to the rest of the animal kingdom. We can pick out large objects miles away, but even “eagle-eyed” people with perfect vision struggle to make out details ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

Now, astronomers have released the data from the largest-ever sky survey at radio wavelengths, revealing nearly 13.7 million celestial objects in light the human eye literally cannot see unaided.

Spread the loveIn an exciting celestial event, a newly discovered asteroid, designated 2026 EG1, is set to make a close approach to Earth on the night of March 12, 2026. Measuring between 32 to 72 ...

Their formation has been an object of debate, but new observations confirm the lead hypothesis: they are the product of incredibly bright supernovae. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

When people think of asteroids, they tend to picture rare, civilization-ending impacts like those depicted in movies such as "Armageddon." In reality, the asteroids most likely to affect modern ...

NASA's DART mission launched from California changed not just the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit, but the larger Didymos' path around the sun.

In September 2022, a spacecraft the size of a refrigerator slammed into a small asteroid at nearly 24,000 kilometers per hour (15,000 miles per hour). The collision was deliberate and the asteroid ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky. Eventually, the telescope is expected to reach 7 million alerts per night.