Though referred to as a mini-moon, 2024 PT5 won't complete a full orbit around Earth. Instead, it will be a “temporarily ...

The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) ...

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...

The Climate Prediction Center released new monthly and seasonal outlooks on Thursday revealing an expectation that drought makes a return to more of. Read more: ...

Austinites will be able to hail a driverless rideshare courtesy a partnership between Uber and autonomous vehicle company Waymo — but some residents will get early access to the driverless technology ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

United Launch Alliance is free to compete for NASA contracts with its new Vulcan rocket after a successful test flight ...

It's all thanks to an asteroid that it will look like the earth has two moons for a couple of month. To be specific it's ...